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 ...

πληρωμα

πληρωμα (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ephesians 1:15-23
November 23, 2014

The church is Christ’s body,
το πληρωμα του τα παντα εν πασιν πληρουμενου.

The church is Christ’s body.  Christ is our head; we are his body.  God put all things — all things! — under Christ’s feet, and then gave him to the church.  So Jesus Christ is present … in the church.… Continue reading ...