Surprised

Surprised (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 6:1-6
February 25, 2018

Jesus was surprised.  Are you surprised Jesus was surprised?  I mean, after all, isn’t he the Son of God?  Mark says it right at the beginning of his gospel:

This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

And, if Jesus is God’s Son, wouldn’t he know everything? … Continue reading ...

More’s the pity

More’s the pity (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:4-5
March 15, 2015

Selma march

The image on the cover of your bulletin shows a white policeman holding a club standing over the slumped body of an African-American.  It is hard to judge from the photo if the limp, presumably beaten, body is that of a man or a woman, but I think it is a woman.… Continue reading ...

What is left unsaid

What is left unsaid Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:7-9
March 29, 2015

Words.  Lots of words.

Praise God!
God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord!
God bless the king of Israel!

Look!  The whole world is following him!
There’s no stopping him.
What are you going to do?

Crucify him!  Crucify him!Continue reading ...

You

You (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 17:11-19
October 9, 2016

Your name is Rahm and you are a leper.

You were not always a leper.  There was a time — it seems now like another lifetime or the lifetime of another person, not your own life — a time when you were happy, at least as happy as you could be, considering.… Continue reading ...