Freedom from the Tyranny of the Self or, You Are the Body
Often I take a manuscript into the pulpit. The preached sermon will vary. Below the post will be a link to the preached sermon. Pastoral Prayer: Holy One, by...
On the Other Side of the Ash Heap
There is not going to be a return to things as they were. Or are. Think of it as the notion that to step into a river at the...
Katy’s Long Obedience In the Same Direction
Sister Mary Katherine. No, not Sister Mary Clarence. Katy was no Sister Act, not an undercover nun. She was my first grade Sunday School teacher. Only in more traditional...
A Depression From Which You Cannot Run
No matter what you have been told, there are things you may not pray away. The Apostle Paul noted that he had prayed three times for a thorn in...
Falling Into Our Own Pit
My friends over at Crackers & Grape Juice are providing daily Advent Devotionals. Last week I offered some reflections on Isaiah 5:13-25. Even though we are half way through...
The Witness Accuses and Rectifies
Pastoral Prayer: Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that...
Invasion of Grace – No Other Gospel
Galatians 1:3-9 Pastoral Prayer: Loving and Gracious Lord of All, influences in our lives lure us to be observers and consumers. In order to live that way and claim...
He Threw Off His Coat – Seeing with His
Mark 10:46-52 (Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Hebrews 7:23-28) Pastoral Prayer: Lord God, help us to see. Give us ears to hear what our eyes cannot see. As we see, by...
It Can’t Go Without Saying
Early this morning the local weather prognosticator provided the temperature pattern for the first 14 days of October. Generally we are dry and still longing for cooler temps. That...
When God Pledged Allegiance?
Pastoral Prayer: Lord God, we often mistake our need for people to follow us or do things our way as confirmation that you are on our side. Like the...
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