Year A - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Among the best-known stories of the Old Testament is the account of Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac. Yet scarcely did I realized what an impact it would make upon me when I first read the story in Hebrew as a seminary student, Light bulbs of revelation began flashing in my head and I could hardly […]
Read MoreJune 21, 2020—Year A: Third Sunday after Pentecost
Have you ever felt a sense of despair? Have you ever thought that everyone, even your closest friends, had seemingly turned against you? Have you ever wondered—when you were trying to do God’s will—why everything went haywire? Have you ever considered that even God may have abandoned you? Have you ever pled that the Lord […]
Read MoreYear A - June 14, 2020—Proper 6 (11) Second Sunday after Pentecost
Whether we like it or not there may come times for any and all humans when we experience points of desperation. They may involve concerns over health, frustrations over unrealized expectations, attacks from unexpected sources, outright threats to what we hold dear, even the potential loss of our very lives. In such times our hopes […]
Read MoreJune 7, 2020—Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Pentecost
Today is Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost. While most Protestant churches focus their Church Calendar celebrations primarily on Advent, Christmas, Easter and perhaps on Lent and Pentecost, there are other important dates in the historic calendar to which Christians should at least give attention. One of those days relates to the Triune God, a […]
Read MoreYear A: Day to Pentecost
Several years ago, a team of six people from our church traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to help rebuild houses and lives torn apart by the tornadoes that left behind a trail of destruction there. Even though it had been a year since the tornadoes wreaked havoc there, and a lot of clean-up and rebuilding had […]
Read MoreYear A: Seventh Sunday of Easter
The manifesto of the Cloud Appreciation Society states that “We believe that clouds are unjustly maligned.” I bet you didn’t even know there was such an organization as the Cloud Appreciation Society. I didn’t either until I started preparing for this sermon. Someone has counted that the word “cloud” occurs 107 times in the Bible […]
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