A Passion for the Partial

by | Aug 16, 2009 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, August 16, 20091 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 I hope for you that this summer has moments beautiful and set apart enough from the ordinary run of days to sting you. If you have a favorite summer get-away and...

Why Struggle?

by | Jun 21, 2009 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, June 21, 20091 Samuel 17; 2 Corinthians 6: 1-13; Mar 4:35-41 One thing shared by all these stories we’ve heard today you have no doubt felt, if not thought—how their subject is struggle. David’s...

Incomes’ Outcomes

by | Apr 22, 2009 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, November 22, 2009Deuteronomy 14:22-29 & 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 You’re probably familiar with this word, tithe. People usually say it means giving to the church one tenth of your income. Now, it may be...

Teaching Jesus to Fish

by | Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 29, 2009     Jeremiah 31: 27-34; Luke 5: 1-11 One often hears it said of Jesus that he was a great teacher. In today’s story, so many want to hear him at the...

A Single Mind

by | Mar 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Third Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2009  Exodus 20: 1-17; James 4: 7-8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. How many commandments are there? Ten? How many laws? How many rules? Six hundred...