Recent Lectionary

• Reflections on Scripture: Isaiah 1:10-18

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  Isaiah 1:10-18Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight [...]

  October 29th, 2007

• Clean Hearts, Dirty Hands: A Sermon for September 30, 2007 - Proper 21C, Ordinary 26C, and Pentecost 18C

  I have just posted my Sunday Sermon in its entirety on my blog Proclamation.  Below is an excerpt.  The passages that form the foundation for this sermon are: Amos 6:1a, 4-7; 1 Timothy 6:11-19, Luke 16:1-8, and Luke 16:19-31.
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  This morning I want to both revisit last week’s gospel reading and tie it to the [...]

  September 30th, 2007

• Losers - A Sermon for Proper 19C, Ordinary 24C, Pentecost 16C and September 16, 2007

  Losers - Based on Luke 15:1-32
  Special thanks to my favorite theologian Robert Farrar Capon and his writings on this passage.  They heavily informed my work on the middle section about the shepherd searching for the lost sheep, the woman looking for her lost coin, and the two lost sons (otherwise known as the “Parable of [...]

  September 16th, 2007

• The Forgiveness of Sin

  The iMonk  (Michael Spencer) has an interesting article on “unconfessed sin,” in which he encourages his readers to download a podcast and reflect upon what they hear.  He writes:
  The August 19th edition of the White Horse Inn contains a large segment of interviews asking people at a Christian conference what happens to a person if they [...]

  August 21st, 2007

• Causing Satan to Fall

  I am indebted to many people for the shape and content of this sermon:  Nathan Nettleton, Will Willimon, Pastor Dan of Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Sarah Dylan Breuer, and Stephanie Hankey of the North Puget Sound Presbytery.
  Anything good here probably comes from them.  Blame any bad theology, grammar, or mistakes on me.
  A Sermon for Proper [...]

  July 10th, 2007