When he comes, what will he do?

When he comes, what will he do?
Matthew 21:33-46
October 4, 2020

It’s all gift, all of it:

the vista from the ledges on the brow of Blue Hill, stretching from the mountains of Acadia across Blue Hill Bay and Penobscot Bay to the Camden Hills,

the brightly-colored leaves — orange and yellow and red — providing a last visual treat before long months of chill and darkness,

the fire that sparks and crackles, taking the edge off the chill and intimating deep mysteries of the universe in its dancing flames.… Continue reading ...

Again … joy

Again … joy (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:10-12
April 5, 2015

How does it all begin?

With a dance …

Out of nothing, out of an empty, shapeless, lifeless void, God sets the universe dancing.  Atoms of hydrogen and helium excite and collide and combust, dancing into flame, dancing into light, swirling, congealing, taking shape as stars, dancing stars!… Continue reading ...

In common

In common (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Proverbs 22:2
September 6, 2015

It doesn’t take many words to make a telling point.  How about ten?

Come down off the cross,
we can use the wood.

Did you hear John sing those words?  One of my favorite musicians, Sarah Jarosz, recorded this song, and from the first time I heard it, I have been struck by these two lines:

Come down off the cross,
we can use the wood.Continue reading ...