A Sacred Gift (Matthew 10:40-42)
A Sacred Gift (Matthew 10:40-42)
This sermon takes place the week after a challenging congregational meeting. I don't mean "challenging", as in code for ... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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13mins
Enough, but of what? (Pentecost 3)
Enough, but of what? (Pentecost 3)
Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8The Holy Gospel according to Matthew, the ninth chapter. Glory to you, O Lord!35Jesus went abo... Read more
18 Jun 2023
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16mins
Now That's a Story (Pentecost 2)
Now That's a Story (Pentecost 2)
I'm experimenting with some different things, and one of them is moving to manuscript preaching after not using them in ... Read more
11 Jun 2023
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16mins
Led Away From Temptation to Take the Hard Road to Justice (Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1)
Led Away From Temptation to Take the Hard Road to Justice (Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1)
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr wrote in his “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” that his opinion had become that the whit... Read more
26 Feb 2023
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19mins
A Ball of Transfigury Wigury Stuff (Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9)
A Ball of Transfigury Wigury Stuff (Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9)
The Transfiguration is a moment that gives a foretaste of completion — not just of the Law and the Prophets, but of an o... Read more
19 Feb 2023
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14mins
Killing in the Name Of, A Story Shared (Matthew 5:21-37 Epiphany 6)
Killing in the Name Of, A Story Shared (Matthew 5:21-37 Epiphany 6)
Jesus raises the bar for what it means to love each other and to live in community by saying that words can kill, men ca... Read more
12 Feb 2023
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16mins
No More Waiting
No More Waiting
This is a song I wrote for Christmas this year. It’s a rough recording, but love cone down is always a little rough — an... Read more
25 Dec 2022
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3mins
Love is Not Fragile (or What Did You Expect? Advent 3)
Love is Not Fragile (or What Did You Expect? Advent 3)
So often our belief and understanding of love is limited to our own fragile capacity. God’s love is not fragile. What di... Read more
11 Dec 2022
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20mins
Advent 1: Hope in All Times
Advent 1: Hope in All Times
We spend a lot of time looking up, forward, and backward trying to figure out what will happen in a future we aren’t gua... Read more
27 Nov 2022
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10mins
Grieving Club Q and a World Made Too Small by Bigotry (Christ the King 2022)
Grieving Club Q and a World Made Too Small by Bigotry (Christ the King 2022)
My plan for Christ the King’s sermon was much different before waking up to news of the tragedy at Club Q. This didn’t h... Read more
27 Nov 2022
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14mins