Tag: mystery

You are Job

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Job 38:1-41
October 21, 2018

You are Job.

You are Job, living in a world filled with suffering and mystery, with bewildering grief and distressing uncertainty, a world you can never fully understand and a world that often breaks your heart.

You are Job, living in a world that doesn’t follow the rules, where the righteous are not always rewarded, a world where doing the right thing is no guarantee of success or praise or love.… Continue reading ...

Heart and mind

Heart and mind (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Philippians 4:1-9
October 12, 2014

Here’s the thing …

On the one hand, you have Orthodox worship.  It’s all about pageantry, about sounds and sights and smells and drama, celebrated in elaborate worship spaces filled with burning candles and sacred objects and images.  Images everywhere.  Art everywhere.  It’s all about beauty — beautiful images, beautiful objects, beautiful music — for God’s benefit, to give God honor, but also for the benefit of the worshippers, to inspire a sense of wonder and awe. … Continue reading ...

He comes

He comes (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 13:31-35
February 21, 2016

Balinese Jesus

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What do you think?  What do you think of a Jesus with long flowing black hair?  What do you think of a Jesus with long slender fingers and smooth ochre skin?  What do you think of a Jesus with ankle bracelets and arm bracelets and a golden necklace? … Continue reading ...