Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 2 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Like many of you, my Sunday afternoon is dedicated to grocery shopping. It’s not a happy chore; nevertheless, it’s a necessary one. Everybody has their different path through the grocery store, and for whatever reason, I have chosen to pick my produce… Read more

Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 26, 2012 John 6:59-69 It probably won’t come as a surprise to you that I was a straight-A student in high school. Oh who am I kidding, I was a nerd. I studied hard. I always did my homework. Teachers loved me because I would quietly put my… Read more

Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 19, 2012 Ephesians 5:15-20 I will never forget the moment. It’s the 2006 Rose Bowl – the Texas Longhorns are playing the University of Southern California. It’s fourth down, the Horns are behind, and they have the ball with just a few seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.… Read more

Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 12, 2012 John 6:35, 41-51 Of the many blessings in my life, there is one that stands out above the rest. I was blessed to be born in the 1980s. And the real blessing of being born in the 1980s meant that I didn’t grow up with the… Read more

Sermon for Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 5, 2012 Ephesians 4:1-16 My TV watching habits have been highly uncharacteristic in the last week because I’ve been hooked on the Olympics. There is some intangible quality about these sporting events that makes them riveting. Whether it’s water polo or weightlifting, basketball or badminton, tennis or track… Read more

Sermon for 8th Sunday after Pentecost July 22, 2012 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The world woke up Friday morning to horrendous news. Another act of mass violence had been committed. In Aurora, Colorado a gunman, lethally armed and clad in combat gear, entered a movie theater and wrought destruction and death. I do not need to… Read more