Archive for July 2024

John5:1-15 Abide in Me It has not been a good week for sermon writing, I just have to say that. It has been a week of 6’s and 7’s, not 2’s and 4’s. Nothing fits. I listened to part of the live broadcast of the Supreme Court hearing this week. The attorneys arguing the case…

Earth Day The text is John 10:10-16. It does not seem like an Earth Day text. It’s about thieves and hired workers and wolves and the good shepherd. Shouldn’t we be contemplating the story of creation found in Genesis—God looked on all that God made and blessed it and call it good. Or Psalm 8…

Stop the Killing Heal the Hurting The story in Luke’s gospel, chapter 24, begins in this way. Two followers of the way of Jesus were walking down the road going toward the village of Emmaus. They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened recently in Jerusalem. The setting and the…

Mark 16:1-8 An Easter People in a Good Friday World I love the song Every Morning is Easter Morning from Now On–thank you, Epiphany. We need to hear that good news, because so often it feels like we are living in a Good Friday world. The UN Human Rights Commission recently released a report on…