Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 30th, 2021
Love is God’s Name Exodus 3:1-15; 20:1-2, 7, NRSV Reflections We of the churches often gather our robes away from contamination, and thank God that we are not as other men. We don’t despise God’s name; in fact, we call upon it constantly to justify ourselves…. If we object to meat-eating, we declare that God […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 2nd, 2021
The New Normal: The Welcome is Wide Acts 8:26-39, NRSV Reflections In my deepest wound I saw Your glory, and it dazzled me. — St. Augustine The Ethiopian eunuch was most interested to know who was the person described in the passage He was probably most identified that person in the passage, given his own […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Mar 28th, 2021
Lent Sermon Series: Again and Again… We are Called to the Path of Peace Luke 19:29-44, NRSV Reflections I can tell by the way the trees beat, after so many dull days, on my worried windowpanes that a storm is coming, and I hear the far-off fields say things I can’t bear without a friend, […]
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 Jan 31st, 2021
The Way of Love: Liberates Mark 1:21-28, NRSV Reflections If Jesus Christ is truly creator (as divine Word) and redeemer (as Word Incarnate) then what is created out of love is ultimately redeemed by love. — Ilia Delio, Christ in Evolution Main point of this passage is not about the demons, but on Jesus’ power […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Nov 22nd, 2020
When Things Fall Apart: Deconstruction Acts 9:1-19, NRSV Reflections Fanaticism is always a compensation for hidden doubt. Religious persecutions occur only where heresy is a menace — Carl Jung The dark night is God’s attack on religion. — Rowan Williams It was Apostle Paul’s dark night Jesus is one with the bodies of those who […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jun 16th, 2016
Sermon Series: Welcome of Resurrection Enemies Welcome Acts 9:1-19, NRSV Reflections The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people. — G.K. Chesterton It is our experience, good or bad, of our lives that teaches us Paul’s transformation from violence to breakdown […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Dec 6th, 2014
The Story of God: Humility Micah 6:1-8, NRSV Matthew 9:9-13, NRSV Reflections But you will perhaps see how, as baptized people are drawn into the priestliness of Jesus, they are called upon to mend shattered relationships between God and the world, through the power of Christ and his Spirit. As baptized people, we are in […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Jul 30th, 2014
Series: The Ten CommandmentsThe Third Commandment: Entrusted with God’s Name Exodus 3:11-17, NRSV Exodus 20:2, 7, NRSV Reflections If it doesn’t look like love, if it’s not beautiful, if it doesn’t promote peace, let it go, it doesn’t flow from God. — Brian Zahnd Commandments are like Israelites’ constitutions Don’t misused God’s name, not to […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Mar 21st, 2014
Series: Lord of Lent Kneeling Power, Kneeling Love: Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet John 13: 1-17, NRSV Reflections The horrified reaction of Peter … is the reaction of normal human nature. That the disciple should wash his master’s feet is normal and proper. But if the master becomes a menial slave to the disciple, then […]
Traveling Light Relay
Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light