Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 23, 2012 Luke 1:39-45 I must begin this morning’s sermon with a confession: I have never seen “The Sound of Music.” I know – I must be some sort of heretic. How I have managed to navigate twenty-seven years of life without seeing the most popular musical Read more

Sermon for Third Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 16, 2012 Philippians 4:4-7 (Click for link)  “The Peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” Following Friday’s massacre, I can think of no words more suitable than Read more

Sermon for 2nd Sunday of Advent December 9, 2012 Luke 3:1-6 (Click for link) Priests and bishops just don’t have the same power we used to have. In the last few centuries, our authority in the world has slowly been ebbing away. We no longer have great influence over the masses. Priests and bishops no Read more

Sermon for First Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 2, 2012 Luke 21:25-36 (click for link) One day, as a child, I was mindlessly flipping through the television stations. And as I flipped, I came upon this program that was totally foreign to me. The program was in black and white, which was weird enough already, Read more

Sermon from the Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King Sunday, November 25 John 18:33-37 (click for link) Now I am asking all of you to use your imagination for a second, and fly back in your mind, to that scary, murky world of high school economics. Do you remember that class? Do you remember Read more

Sermon for Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, November 18 Mark 13:1-8 (click for the link) We all have seasons in our lives. A season to grow, a season to learn, a season to be born, and a season to die. Right now, Maggie and I are in a season. We are in that season of Read more