Sermons
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We Need Each Other
There is perhaps nothing I love more than a good, solid metaphor. A good metaphor can both shows how a principle applies to a situation and tells a story about how it might link to a larger narrative as… Continue reading
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God’s Rest and Healing
Throughout my life, I can reflect back on the ways in which I have been privileged to have many different teachers and how many of my most important lessons in life have come from unexpected places. One continual, and… Continue reading
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Uncomfortable Places
The lessons one learns on the Camino span the gamut of complex, soul-deep lessons that take years to unpack and obvious ones like learning to be careful about how much stuff you carry in your pack. You tend to… Continue reading
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Pokeweed and the Kingdom of God
This sermon can be listened to here. One of the most powerful things I have ever seen in my life was watching Tibetan Buddhist Monks slowly tap colored sand out to paint a giant ten-foot by ten-foot mandala at the… Continue reading
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Do Not Loose Heart
In the south rose window of the Chartres Cathedral in France about 60 miles from Paris, there is a particularly unique depiction of the writers of the four Gospels from the early 13th Century. Below the giant circle rose window… Continue reading
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Abide With Us
This sermon can be listened to here. One of my favorite hymns, of which there are many, that I haven’t been able to get out of my head this week is “Abide with Me.” It’s a haunting beautiful hymn,… Continue reading
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Knowing and Being Known
While on sabbatical two years ago, I found myself sick with COVID, canceled plans, and an extended stay in Porto, Portugal because I could not fly home. By the grace of God, the Air BnB that I had rented was… Continue reading
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Kindling Our Faith
There are particular skills in this world that I just do not possess: I am not a good speller, I struggle with geographical awareness, and I can rarely put a USB port in the right way on the first try.… Continue reading
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Foolish Hope
In our weekly campus ministry night, one of our students shared a prayer that she found when she was a teenager and often read for her youth group. It covered a lot of ground as it asked God to give… Continue reading
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Being Known by God
In 2010, Marina Abramovic, an experiential artist who creates exhibits that challenge and engage the viewer, had an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art entitled “The Artist is Present.” In it she sat at a simple wooden table, across… Continue reading
