Recent Sermon

• What Belongs to God Tag Cloud

  I have published my Sunday sermon on “Word and Table.”  Below is a wordle cloud (attribution http://wordle.net/) based on it. If you’d like to read it, just click here.

  To make your own wordle, click on the picture below.

  Technorati Tags: wordle,god,caesar,taxes,Matthew 22:15-22

  October 20th, 2008

• My Unrevised Sermon for Sunday, 21 September 2008 – On Not Getting What We Deserve

  This is my unrevised sermon for tomorrow.  I am, even now (well, not right this instant, but you know what I mean) revising it, and will post the revision on my blog Word and Table (see link in the right sidebar) later tonight.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions for improvement, please leave a [...]

  September 20th, 2008

• How Do We Forgive? (Final Draft)

  Below is my sermon for Sunday, September 14, 2008 (Proper 19A, Ordinary Time 24A, Pentecost 18A).  It is based on Matthew 18:21-35.  Comments welcome, but if you’re coming to church tomorrow, reading this is a no no until after the service (This means you, Jim P. : )
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  How Do We Forgive?
  When I read today’s [...]

  September 13th, 2008

• "The Test" - My Sermon for Sunday, August 17, 2008, Proper 15A, Ordinary Time 20A, Pentecost 15A

  The sermon is based upon the gospel reading for today - Matthew 15:21-28, in which Jesus basically calls a Canaanite woman a “dog.”  My buddy Jim has also posted his message on the text, which can be found here.  His version makes some of the same points as mine, though more succinctly.
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  Today’s gospel lesson has [...]

  August 18th, 2008

• On the One Hand . . . An Excerpt of My Sermon for Proper 9A, Ordinary 14A, and Pentecost+8A

  I have just posted my full sermon for Sunday on Word and Table, my preaching and worship blog.  Below are a few introductory paragraphs.  To read the full sermon, click here. This sermon is based on the following Scripture readings:
  Matthew 10:34-39 Matthew 11:16-19 Matthew 11:25-30 [...]

  July 4th, 2008