This post is an edited manuscript for my sermon on Luke 18:35-43. Jesus comes near Jericho. If you’ve been keeping track to our sermon series this is actually an event which happens before the story with the wee little man up in a tree 1. I think the lectionary switched the order around because of…
Category: Pastoring
Mighty Morphing Power Idioms
I woke up this morning, sans alarm thanks to the “blizzard” [^ donot], and fired up my Hulu queue to catch The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. As I prepared my breakfast I suddenly became aware that our culture had hit a tipping point. Idioms which have been around for decades, and so popular that…
Returned to Gifter
This is a converted manuscript of my sermon for January 25, 2015. It’s based on Luke 17:11-19. In Luke 17:11-19 we encounter Jesus as he continued on to Jerusalem. It’s been a bit of a theme in the readings this month, by the way. Now, in this passage, Jesus passed through a village. Then, near…
Lost and Found
This post was supposed to be my sermon for January 18, 2015. We had to cancel worship due to bad icing on the roads and sidewalks so I’m offering it here. Before reading on, please read Luke 19:1-10 so you have some context. Just like we read last week 1, in this passage Jesus heads…
Pastoral Advice – A Haiku
Pastoral advice You’re a person not a role A mask do not wear Reflection I am sometimes worried at the way pastors take up the role of The Pastor, the ultra-competent and all-wise shepherd of the flock. It’s not that I believe they are insincere when they do so. In fact, I believe most of…
Going Neutral – Part II
Note: The Featured image today is the pulpit from Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA. The “ceiling” of pulpit is what’s known as a sounding board. It’s several layers of different density wood, with the grains in alternating directions. When sound waves bounce off the board, the wood vibrates and actually helps to amplify speech….
