Recent Worship & Preaching

• Reflection on the Lectionary: Choosing What Is Best

  The Gospel for this Sunday (July 22, 2007) is Luke 10:38-42:
  Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down beside Jesus’ feet and listened to what he was saying.  But [...]

  July 19th, 2007

• Some Thoughts on "The Good Samaritan"

  I usually don’t finish my sermon until late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning.  But yesterday afternoon I started working on my message  for next Sunday, especially as concerns the Good Samaritan.  Here are some of the notes I jotted down, mostly mine, but a few from other sources.  I hope the stream of consciousness format [...]

  July 9th, 2007

• The Problems and Promise of Healing - an Excerpt

  Well, it ain’t much really, but here is my meditation on healing for today.  Hopefully my words will be buttressed by the liturgy of healing that will follow my message, and which is the heart of the worship service for today anyway.
  The texts for the sermon can be found in this post.
  Today I want to [...]

  May 13th, 2007

• Help Needed - Pleeaasse Someone Help

  The last couple of weeks I have had a really hard time writing my Sunday sermon.  The texts have not been all that inspiring (yes, I do know that they were inspired by God, but that really hasn’t helped me much in dealing with them), and I have struggled to come up with a preaching [...]

  May 10th, 2007

• The Sermon I Did Preach: Walking the Road of Disappointment

  Below is the sermon I actually did preach at two of our three worship services this morning.  It too is based on the Emmaus Road story in Luke.  Of course, since what I actually said at the time was pretty much ad-libbed, what follows is a fleshed-out version of the message.  I hope it is of [...]

  April 15th, 2007