What Kind of Fairness?
A sermon on Luke 12:13-21 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here.] In her commentary on today’s gospel Debie Thomas cuts...
It's About the Prayer, Not the Answer
A sermon on Luke 11: 1-13 (for an audio recording of this sermon, click here) Do you all remember the old Garth Brooks song Unanswered...
Martha Needs Some Love
(A sermon on Luke 10:38-42; an audio recording of this sermon, click here) I am NOT the world’s best housekeeper. I admire people who can...
Healing Is Better Than Self-Justification
A sermon on Luke 10:25-37 [for an audio recording of the sermon, click here] Several of the commentators I read this week offered some...
A Challenging Peace
A sermon on Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here] Today’s gospel story raises an important question:...
The Value of a Life
A sermon on Luke 8:26-39 (for an audio recording of this sermon, click here.) What is the value of a human life? It’s not a simple...
The hope of the Trinity
A sermon on John 16:12-15 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here] When my oldest child was just three years old, she asked me...
Sealed by Wind and Fire - Pentecost Baptism
A sermon on John 14:8-17, 25-27, Acts 2:1-21, and Romans 8:14-17 (or an audio recording of this sermon, click here) After the sermon...
Knowing our "so that..."
A sermon on John 17:20-26 and Acts 16:16-34 [for an audio recording of this photo, click here] A couple of years ago, not long after I...
God of the Unexpected
A dramatic proclamation of Acts 16:9-15 Throughout this Easter season I have been focusing on the readings from Acts in my sermons. I...