Anointing Jesus: A Sermon on John 12:1-8 for Lent 5C
What would it mean for us today if we heard this passage as an invitation to extravagant love among those who are poor – in finances, in resources, and/or in spirit?
Musings
The Perfect Time to be Prodigal: A Sermon for Lent 4C on Luke 1-3,11b-32
God is always with us. Do we take time to realize that we are always with God? Do we recognize the abundance that is all around us?
Everyone Who Thirsts: A Sermon on Inclusion for Lent 3C on Isaiah 55:1-9
What happened to God so loves the entirety of the cosmos (John 3:16) and all are equal before God (e.g. Genesis 1:27, Galatians 3:28)?
Decolonizing Christianity: A Sermon for Lent 2C on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
God is never on the side of the conquerors. Everything Jesus taught indicates that God is on the side of the marginalized, the oppressed, the outcast, the ones being invaded.
Telling the Glory of God: Sermon Starter on Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, and Mental Health
We are to include and welcome those who cannot see their own value and those who have been devalued by the world.
Leaving Herod Behind: A Prophetic Sermon for Epiphany based on Matthew 2:1-12
The problem is that most of us do not alter our roads home after we encounter Empire; we just continue on as if nothing happened.
Sophia, Logos, and a New Year: A Prophetic Sermon for Christmas 2C using Wisdom of Solomon, Ephesians, and John
On the brink of a New Year, perhaps it’s time we learn something from Sophia and the Logos, something we maybe should have learned a long time ago. We’ve endured 2020 and 2021. The predictions for the next couple of months in terms of COVID are pretty ugly given the omicron variant’s high contagion rates. … Read More
Jesus is Missing: A Sermon on Luke 2:41-52 for Christmas 1C
Mary and Joseph lost Jesus. Before we judge we should ask if we know where Jesus is.
On Vipers and Joy: A Sermon for Advent 3 on Luke 3:7-18
Advent 3 is the perfect time to repent of our addiction to Empire.
Birthpangs or False Labor: A Prophetic Sermon on Mark 13:1-8
If we watch the news, it’s easy to conclude that we are on the brink of a biblical apocalypse. There is war and always rumors of more. Then there are fires, floods, earthquakes, famine, and more. Add in pandemic and those who look to the Bible to predict the way of things will tell us … Read More