Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 10, 2013 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 From the age of five, to the age of twenty-five, I was in school. Twenty straight years of school. Grade school, middle school, high school, college, seminary. Along with that I read scores of books, I tremble at the thought of how Read more

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent Sunday, February 24, 2013 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Like many young boys…I was dumb. In elementary school, I thought I had devised a scheme to get girls to notice me, and to like me. So here was my scheme: I would be obnoxious. Not a bully, but obnoxious. I did Read more

Sermon for First Sunday in Lent Sunday, February 17, 2013 Luke 4:1-13 We’ve all seen those pictures of Jesus. Nice, calm, serene. Not wanting to upset the apple cart. Just getting everybody to be nice to each other. But then Jesus says something that makes your hair stand on end. “Give everything you own to Read more

Sermon for Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Psalm 103 It was a cold, cloudy day in southern England. Maggie and I were walking around the ancient city of Canterbury. Did I mention that we had been walking? Like so many pilgrims and tourists, our feet were weary and our legs were tired. Our walking Read more

Sermon for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany Sunday, February 10, 2013 Luke 9:28-43a Looks like somebody has some good news. We are famous! We were in the Houston Chronicle for Drive-Thru Ashes! Let’s take a moment to congratulate ourselves! This is good news! And I’ve got some more good news. Jesus is Lord! Transfigured Read more

Sermon for the the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Sunday, February 3, 2013 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. This is it. This is the Super Bowl. Think of what the players have done – the grueling summer workouts, the exhausting regular season schedule, the nerve-wracking playoffs. The now famous, Read more