I made it to the end of the Sermon on the Mount in my sermon last Sunday, a journey that was meaningful and surprising to me. Here is how I wrapped things up. ________________________ This morning we complete the series we began fifteen Sundays ago when we read the Beatitudes, which are the opening verses…

Whatever logic there is to the Revised Common Lectionary (the preaching schedule followed by a lot of mainline Protestant churches), part of it seems to be to skip over passages that are tough to preach on, even when they are well known verses. One of those came up last week. ___________________________ Ginger and I were…

It’s been a long week and I am late posting my sermon from last Sunday as I continue through the Sermon on the Mount; this week, Matthew 7:1-6. The translation I used read this way: “Don’t write people off, so that you won’t be written off. You’ll receive the same judgment you give. Whatever you…

Even though I didn’t follow the lectionary this week, the timing of my sermon couldn’t have been better. The daffodils are just coming into bloom and I was bouncing off of Jesus’ admonition to pay attention to the flowers. Here’s where it took me. _________________________ Last week, as we gathered at the empty tomb, we…

Here’s my sermon from Easter Sunday. _________________________________ Because I grew up Africa in countries that were British colonies, I primarily learned European history in school. My history teacher in seventh grade at the Lusaka International School was Ms. White, who was a rather intimidating British woman. One of the things I remember learning about from…