All Sides of the Sea
A version of this post was my sermon on Sunday, June 28. The texts are Mark 5.21-43 (NRSV) and 1 Thessalonians 3.1-13 (NRSV). It is the third...
Onward Into Christmas
Onward into Christmas? It’s January 6th. Schools are back in session. There isn’t a silver bell or a red cup to be found. This...
The Long Walk of Love: Remembering Nelson Mandela
The world in memorializing Nelson Mandela today in Johannesburg. As a personal tribute, I am posting the condensed text of a sermon I preached...
Peter’s Dream. Martin’s Dream. God’s Dream.
This is the text of the sermon I delivered on Sunday, August 25, 2013. I offer it here today (with slight modifications) in honor...
Staged Reading of Madeleine L’Engle’s Poem: Catechumen
The poem, "Catechumen," by author Madeleine L'Engle makes a wonderful addition to the observation of Lent. "Catechumen" narrates a conversation between "The Wind" and...
Christmas (Faraway, So Close): A Meditation for Epiphany
The Christmas music has faded. The Christmas lights are slowly but surely going dark and coming down. Today we watch the Wise Men arrive...
Christian Hissstory
I was wrapping up my work-from-home day a few weeks ago when my three-year-old daughters wandered into the bedroom and piled onto the loveseat...
Into the Light
Luke 23.50 – 24.12
When my wife and I first got married, we spent more than a little time talking about the future—as you do...
Smells Like…Lent
The other night I was down in the basement mopping an area of the floor where the cat had created an unauthorized extension of...
Show Me the Way
As I went down to the river to pray / studyin’ about that good ol’ way ...
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Abide These Three: Hope
Text: Lamentations 3:1-6, 14-24 (Todd is reading in this recording from the TANAK) and Revelation 21:1-7
The second sermon in the sermon series “Abide These Three: Faith, Hope, and Love." An audio only link of this sermon and a partial transcript are available here.
