Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jul 18th, 2015
Psalms: Songs for All of Life Praise Psalm 146: 1-10, NRSV Reflections The world rings with praise — lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favourite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favourite game — praise of weather, wines, dishes, actors, motors, horses, colleges, countries, historical personages, children, flowers, mountains, rare stamps, rare beetles, […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jul 18th, 2015
Psalms: Songs for All of Life Trust Psalm 27: 1-6, NRSV Reflections Confronted with the mystery of god, the creature must be silent; not merely for the sake of being silent, but for the sake of hearing. Only to the extent that it attains silence, can it attain to hearing. But, again, it must be […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jul 18th, 2015
Psalms: Songs for All of Life Lament Psalm 69: 1-16, NRSV Reflections Until you bottom out, and come to the limits of your own fuel supply, there is no reason for you to switch to a higher octane of fuel. For that is what is happening! Why would you? You will not learn to actively […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jul 18th, 2015
Psalms: Songs for All of Life Obedience Psalm 1, NRSV Reflections Two commands direct us from the small-minded world of self-help to the large world of God’s help. First, “Come, behold the works of the Lord.” Take a long, scrutinizing look at what God is doing. This requires patient attentiveness and energetic concentration. Everybody else […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 6th, 2015
Trinity Sunday Romans 8:12-17, NRSV John 3:1-17, NRSV Reflections Trinity Sunday is the day when we stand back from the extraordinary sequence of events that we’ve been celebrating for the previous five months — Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost — and when we rub the sleep from our eyes and discover […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 6th, 2015
The Story of God: All Will Be Well Romans 8:28-39, NRSV Reflections A good man may look down upon all the whole army of worldly afflictions under his feet and you may consider with joy, however great they are and however numerous, let them all join their forces together against him and put on their […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 6th, 2015
The Story of God: Union With Christ Romans 6:1-14, NRSV Reflections I’m always in danger of losing my grip on reality. The reality, of course, is that God is sovereign and Christ is savior. The reality is that prayer is my mother tongue and the Eucharist my basic food. The reality is that baptism, not […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Story of God: Hope Romans 5:1-11, NRSV Reflections Hope: an encounter that captivates our imagination so we can’t help but become more than who we thought we were, and find ourselves living for something that is all at once preposterous and impossible. — Cheryl Lawri We all want a God who would be with […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Story of God: The Faithful One Romans 1:1-17, NRSV Reflections The resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate sign that our salvation comes only when we cease trying to interpret Jesus’ story in the light of our history, and instead we interpret ourselves in the light of his. — Stanley HauerwasThe Peaceable Kingdom Gospel is […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Story of God: Mission Acts 13:1-3; 14:8-20, NRSV Reflections No culture is so advanced and so superior that it can claim exclusive access or advantage to the truth of God, and none so marginal that it can be excluded. All have merit; none is indispensable. The ethical monotheism Christianity inherited from Judaism accords value […]
Traveling Light Relay
Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light