The Trouble with Terah

by | Feb 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

                                                                               Audio of the sermon Download PDF Texts on Sunday, February 15, 2009 Genesis 11:27—12:5; Matthew 6: 19-24 I’m going to use my hands to shape part of the ancient Middle East, to show you Ur,...

Twice-Told Tales

by | Dec 21, 2008 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 21, 2008Luke 1: 5-25; 1 Samuel 1: 1-20 The Hebrew Bible opens with a story about creation. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth . . .” ...

Mothers of God

by | Dec 7, 2008 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Second Sunday in Advent December 7, 2008Isaiah 7: 1-4, 10-16 and Matthew 1: 1-25 “A gentle woman housed God in her womb and asked as its price peace for the world, salvation for those who are lost,...

Considering Adoption

by | Nov 30, 2008 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2008     Romans 1: 1-7; Mark 1: 1-11 Today is the first Sunday of Advent. We call it a time of preparation or waiting. But waiting and preparing for what? Christmas? The...

You Can’t Do That By Yourself

by | Nov 23, 2008 | Uncategorized

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Christ the King Sunday, November 23, 2008Ezekiel 34: 1-16; Matthew 25: 31-46 Before I read from the prophet Ezekiel, a reminder about his audience. The destruction of Jerusalem is done. The city is burned, the...