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                ...

Do We Get It?

Texts: Nehemiah 2.1-5, 13-18 and Philippians 2.1-13 This sermon originally preached on September 11, 2011 In the collective American psyche, September 11 is one of...

The Tomb is Still Empty

Worship services on the Sunday after Easter are typically the lowest attended of the year. In effect, Easter Sunday has become for us what...

Knock Knock…

One day last week, a pair of Mormons stopped by the house. I saw them approach from the threshold of the kitchen–shirts, white; ties,...

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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.

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