Wind, fire, and all that jazz
There are times when I don’t write out a whole manuscript. Those times are rare–I think better through writing, and the act of writing helps me remember better, so by the time it comes to preach, I am...
View ArticlePower of the Trinity
Preaching on Trinity Sunday is the domain of all unseasoned preachers. It is the ultimate hazing rituals; the job each preacher with any seniority whatsoever wriggles out of as best they can, because...
View ArticleDivisive gospel
The downside of this #sermondump is that the summer was so filled with news events that influenced the sermons, that a few of them make less sense when lifted out of context. Take, for example, this...
View ArticleWheat and Tares
This time I firmly recall why I used bullet points for this sermon. I had just gotten off a plane from Jerusalem and my brain was jetlagged, emotional, and mushy. I couldn’t sentence at all. (Why...
View ArticlePaul’s Reckoning
Look, can we just agree that St. Paul is The Worst? I realize he has his good points (Romans 8, FTW, as well as Galatians 3:28) but on the whole, Paul does not come off like a great dude. In Acts, he...
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