Sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2013 Luke 7:11-17 Just when it couldn’t get any worse. When it rains, it pours. Kicking a man while he’s down. You know that feeling, right? I’m sure you’ve been there. Now, it’s admittedly a mild example, but I’ve been there too. Let me set… Read more

Sermon for the Second Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 2, 2013 I Kings 18:20:39 I don’t know much about this world, but I know one thing: the Houston Astros are terrible. Like, really really bad. As of last night, they have managed to win 19 games, and lose 37 games. I’ve been to one game… Read more

Sermon for Trinity Sunday May 26, 2013 John 16:12-15 The dining room table is set. It’s loaded with your family’s favorite food. The candles are lit. The finest china and crystal and silver is laid out. It’s a big family dinner with all of your aunts and uncles and cousins. But you don’t get to… Read more

The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday Sunday, May 12, 2013 Acts 2:1-21 I needed a translator. Badly. There I was in an old beat up Volkswagen bus in some dingy back corner of the Dominican Republic. We bumped down the road full of pot holes, blasting merengue music. The driver yelling at pedestrians and beating on… Read more

The Sixth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 5, 2013 John 14:23-29  Two days a week, I wake up to the same words. Two days a week, I hear, “Hi there, I’m Tom Moreley from Exercise TV. And I hope you’re ready for twenty minutes of yoga for hips, your buns, and your thighs.” Now before… Read more