Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light
Posted in Sermon Notes on Feb 28th, 2021
Lent Sermon Series: Again and Again: We Take Up Our Cross Mark 8:28-38, NRSV Reflections And so long as you haven’t experienced this: to die and so to grow, you are only a troubled guest on the dark earth. — Goethe, The Holy Longing In any life situation, confronted by an outer threat or opportunity, […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Feb 21st, 2021
Lent Sermon Series: Again and Again, God Meets Us Matthew 4:1-11, NRSV Reflections But that’s one way we can identify the devil’s voice: It always plays to our fears. It is the voice that tells us we must do something to prove who we are, to prove that we’re worthy, to prove that we are […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Feb 14th, 2021
The Way of Love: Listens Mark 9:2-9, NRSV Reflections Jesus is the true and living Word of God. Jesus is what the Law and Prophets point toward and bow to. Jesus is what the Old Testament was trying to say, but could never fully articulate. Jesus is the perfect Word of God in the form […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Feb 7th, 2021
Sick and tired of a different kind of virus Mark 1:29-34a, NRSV Reflections Jesus demonstrates that he doesn’t care about gender, or purity, or class or social status. He and Simon’s household participate in radically inclusive hospitality and care in their healing ministry, the door is open and anyone is welcome to join and yet…. […]
Traveling Light Relay
Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light