Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 26th, 2022
Longer Tables, Shorter Walls: Difference Belongs Isaiah 56:3-5, Acts 8:26-28, NRSVUE Reflections According to the law, a eunuch is excluded from the assembly. The law is very clear on that point. As a Jew, Philip should have viewed the eunuch as “damaged goods” and refused to baptize him on that basis. If Philip baptizes the […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 19th, 2022
Longer Tables, Shorter Walls: The Poor Belong Acts 6:1-7, NRSVUE Reflections If my sister or brother is not at the table, we are not the flesh of Christ. If my sister’s mark of sexuality must be obscured, if my brother’s mark of race must be disguised, if my sister’s mark of culture must be repressed, […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 12th, 2022
Longer Tables, Shorter Walls: Every Body Belongs John 10:1-11, Acts 2:42-47, Acts 3:1-7 NRSVUE Reflections The idea that our bodies don’t matter to God is a lovely idea that comes from a warm place with a cozy blanket, but it is not true. To be sure, I am a beloved child of God, but it […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 5th, 2022
Longer Tables, Shorter Walls: All Nations Belong Acts 2:1-13, NRSV Reflections The disciples speak, and God accomplishes an intercultural miracle in which everyone hears the words in their own native language. God broke boundaries of culture and region in an intimate way by meeting people through the intimacy of their own home language. This is […]
Traveling Light Relay
Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light