Under the Steeple...and dreaming

Surprised by Joy 11.7.10 Luke 19:1-10 I just want you all to know that I’ve had that cute little song we all learned in Sunday School stuck in my head all week long. You know… “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he. He climbed up in a sycamore tree, [...]

10.24.10 Luke 18:9-14 Pharisee’s Annonymous “I’m not ok. You’re not ok. And that’s ok” (William Sloan Coffin, when asked to summarize the gospel) Intro I’m sure most of you have heard more sermons on this text that years I’ve been alive. But I also know that both the Pharisee and the Tax collector h

10.17.10 Jeremiah 31:27-34 The Great Stock Market Crash. Pearl Harbor. The JFK assassination. 9/11. These have been life-changing events for lots many people in America. But certainly they haven’t been the only ones you’ve known. Deaths of loved ones. Medical diagnoses that made your heart tremble.

The Tenth 10/10/10–Ord 28c Luke 17:11-19 Once there was a tree….and she loved a little boy. And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. And they [...]

Table Manners 10/03/10 (Sherwood) Is 2:1-5 1 Cor 11:17-33 WCS– recognized by the United Council of Churches Started in 1936 by Presbyterian Churches here and overseas, but in 1940 the celebration began to take place in other churches as well. Today Christians all over the world will be doing the sam

All in the family 7.25.10 (ordinary 17c) Hosea 1:2-10 Intro The very first time I preached on this passage, I was a guest preacher in a church were I had sort of grown up. The regular minister was my dad’s best friend, and he was going to be beginning a study on the book of [...]

Won’t You be my Neighbor? July 11, 2010 Ordinary 15c Luke 10:25-37 Intro Q: What’s the difference between a good lawyer and a bad lawyer? A: A bad lawyer can let a case drag out for several years. A good lawyer can make it last even longer.. Q. What do you call 5000 dead lawyers [...]

Feelin’ Fruity 6.27.10 Pentecost6c Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Intro This is perhaps the best known passage in the whole book of Galatians. Like we do out of so many other passages that we love, countless needlepoints and posters have been made out of the wise words that we’re offered here. We love hearing

What Not to Wear 6.20.2010 Father’s Day/Pentecost 5c Galatians 3:23-29 Intro You don’t necessarily have to rush to agree with this, but I’m not much of a clothes or makeup person. They’ve never really held great amounts of interest for me, and if you happen to see me during the week, there’s a good

Just Jesus 6.13.10 Galatians 2:15-21 Intro Paul is steamed. There is no other nice way to put it, and in fact, Paul himself doesn’t waste much time with niceties. Let me give you a little background. This is the only one of Paul’s letters that he doesn’t begin with warm greetings. He begins this let