It’s All In How You Look At It

John 20:11-16, Psalm 139    a Lenten Wednesday sermon They have taken my Lord away and I do not know where they have laid him. Ever feel like that? I know I do. For some reason Lent always reminds me of those times when it seems like we can’t find God no matter how hard we…

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A Sign

Epiphany 2C       John 2:1-11 In the years well before I became a pastor, I sometimes worked as a wedding photographer. I didn’t do it very often because while I love weddings, it was definitely not my favorite thing to photograph. Truth is, you could not pay me enough to photograph another one!  There is always…

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The Advent

Advent 2C     Malachi 3:1-3     Luke 3:1-6 A few years ago around this time I was channel surfing one evening through dozens of Christmas shows, info-mercials and holiday movies.  I stopped on one channel and began half-heartedly watching a talk show hosted by, of all things, a Nun.  Mother Angelica was her name and I had…

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Changes

Every year, on the Sunday before Christ the King, I am keenly aware of the changing seasons. Both the seasons around us in the natural world and the seasons of the church year. This year, as with this final Sunday before CtK every year, I will again be giving this poem as my sermon. I…

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All Saints

All Saints Sunday Year B      Isaiah 25:6-9, Revelation 21:1-6a, John 11:32-44 For weeks now we’ve had some difficult topics to deal with in the scriptures each Sunday. From camels and needles, the rich struggling to fit into heaven, to divorce and very high, nearly unreachable standards. Even the reformation can be difficult to talk about, especially…

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