Archive for July 2024

Ephesians 1:11-25 When I was a child we played a travel game we called “when I go on a trip.” It went like this, the first person would say “I am going on a trip and in my suitcase I packed an Aardvark.” The next person had to say: “I’m going on a trip and…

The lectionary reading from 2 Corinthians is straightforward. The congregation in Macedonia has come to the aid of the congregation in Corinth and Paul is very happy about this show of support. I’ll get back to that in a minute. The really interesting part of the story for me is the back story. In the…

Mark 4:35-41 One of my favorite books is a small volume titled Strength to Love. It is a collection on sermons that Marting Luther King, Jr. preached at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. The book was published in 1963. In the Preface, King wrote:  “In these days of uncertainty the evils of…

Ezekiel 17 God’s Unfinished Business I think I will name the message this morning “God’s unfinished business.” If you have ever heard a sermon on Ezekiel, it was probably a sermon about the valley of dry bones.  This is in chapter 37. The reading for this morning comes from chapter 17. Instead of dry bones,…

Acts 10:9-28 Peter’s Dream I called this sermon “Peter’s Dream.” Maybe a better title would be “The Day Peter Got Woke.” When he fell asleep on the roof of the house in Joppa, he dreamed of a kosher world. It wasn’t just a kosher diet–I’ve never eaten anything unclean–it was a kosher world. His world…