The Garbage Man

Lent Wednesday 2  Luke 23:39-43   Revelation 5:1-10 Our theme for the Wednesdays throughout Lent is seeing God in the unexpected places. To that end, I give you this story:  Once upon a time, there was a little town not too far from here with people who were not too different from us called Sunny Forest.…

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Mountaintop

Transfiguratin Year B   2 Kings 2:1-12   Mark 9:2-9 Jesus goes up on the mountain to pray. So many interesting things happen on the tops of mountains in the bible! Noah and his family and animal menagerie come to rest on the top of a mountain as the waters of the great flood subside. The psalmist…

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We Are A Team

Epiphany 4B   1 Corinthians 8:1-13 I heard a story once about a group of missionaries living in Africa who had decided to set up a game of croquet in their front yard. Several of their neighbors who were people of the local tribes were very interested in the game and wanted to learn to play.…

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What if the Mightiest Word Is Love?

Epiphany 3B Jonah 3:1-5, 10  Mark 1:14-20  In the past few years, there has been an increase in the number of movies centered around superheroes. I’m not sure that this genre of storytelling ever really goes out of fashion, but lately there has been a significant interest in these kinds of characters. Spiderman, Iron Man,…

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Epiphany

Epiphany 2B 1Samuel 3:1-20  Psalm 139   John 1:43-51 This sermon is posted by request. I had not originally intended to post it for several reasons but I’ve had multiple requests to do so. There is a lectionary based comic strip on line that I follow called Agnus Day. It is created by the campus pastor of Valparaiso…

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