Every Mother’s Son

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, May 9, 2010  Mark 5: 1-20 For more than ten years, in every week or two, I have spent a couple of hours in conversation and reflection with men in the prisons at Attica or Sing Sing—men who...

What I Meant

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, May 2, 2010Acts 11: 1-18 Does God change God’s mind—ever? You may not have one mind on this question, and some may change theirs this morning. Consider. Old Testament stories are not shy to show God, as...

The Jesus Game

download a PDF of this text Text on Sunday, April 25, 2010Luke 6: 27-38 You know the excitement of getting a brand new machine with more features and buttons than the salesperson could show you at the store. For this one it’s a new computer or a game box or a car, for...

Tell It Like It Is

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, April 18, 2010Mark 16: 1-8 So they fled the tomb in terror and amazement and said nothing to anyone. That is how Mark ended his gospel story. Most of your Bibles will show a few more verses offering a...

The Good Big Thing

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010Luke 24: 1-35 Have you ever been inside something that’s bigger inside than it is on the outside? You have. Your family, for starters. Unless you’re a Kennedy or a Bush, no family is...

The Sent-Down Man

listen to this sermon Text on Good Friday April 2, 2010 John 13: 1-17 Will Christianity pass away? Will some other religion or philosophy take its place? You hear such questions from time to time. The so-called “new atheists” like Sam Harris and...