Wake Up!!!

Yes, I am still on a blogging sabbath.   However, since I usually write out my sermons and actually believe they are better served (or rather, God is better served) being out and being read rather than collecting dust in my folder I will post them.
The lection for this Sunday includes 1 Samuel 3:1-20 as well [...]

A Blogging Sabbatical

As I start a new year I have decided to take a break from blogging (this includes interacting on debate-type forums with my good friends at CRN.info and elsewhere).    I have discovered something about myself that I think others knew before I caught on:  I can get fairly absorbed in this cyber-interaction.   There are others [...]

The Peace of Wild Things

It is the New Year.   Being resolute to make good on my resolutions I picked up a book of poems today and began reading.  I chose an anthology of poems put together by Garrison Keillor (a wonderful story-teller) titled Good Poems.   If you ever find yourself in a bookstore searching for a good poem book I recommend [...]

The Herod In Me

The Gospel lesson for this coming Epiphany Sunday is Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the Magi sent by Herod to find baby Jesus.   It begins like this…
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Where is He who has [...]

Would You Like Some Jesus With Your Soap?

I have been thinking about how much evangelism in America today reminds me of recruiting for Amway. In the mid 90’s I was an Amway distributor for about a year. One thing you learn quickly if you want to be successful is that you always have to be making “contacts.” You could count on a [...]