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Category: Sermons

The Kingdom of Heaven is Persistent

1 Give thanks to the Lord and call upon God’s Name; *make known God’s deeds among the peoples. 2 Sing praises, sing praises, *and speak of all God’s marvelous works. Throughout the Gospels and in Matthew’s Gospel in particular, Jesus taught through parables. I love parables. These earthy stories with a heavenly meaning start with the here and […]

The Power of Paradox

One of the great truths of Christianity is that it is steeped in paradox.  Every facet of the religion, from its theology, to its ethics, to its holy book, to Jesus’ own identity, invites us to occupy holy in-between places, places of hard but life-giving ambiguity.  I know: paradox doesn’t always feel life-giving.  Most of the time, we […]

Yoked Together

We started out as classmates, people who shared space in a classroom learning about history and theology and worship planning, Greek and Hebrew. But as the days and weeks passed we each in our own way were growing tired and burdened. The work was demanding and the reading seemed insurmountable. And then one of us […]

Made in the Image of God

To the Holy Spirit that accompanies us, with the Father who created us, and the Son that showed us how to love, be given all honor and glory, world without end.  Amen Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd.   So God created humankind in God’s image,in the image of God they were created;male and female they were […]

Is this the time?

Jesus, following his crucifixion and resurrection has appeared to his followers, both women and men, sharing his peace, and reminding them of how the scriptures will guide them in their understanding of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Now after these 40 days, Jesus is going away. He tells them that he will send the Holy […]