Forgiveness, A New Life
Last Sunday, I preached a sermon on forgiveness based on the Genesis tale of Joseph. Joseph, if you recall, was able to forgive his brothers who had sold him into slavery. That kind of forgiveness could not have been easy! But then, forgiveness is seldom easy. I am sure all of us have been deeply hurt […]
Are You Angry?
I recently recorded a sermon on the topic of anger and during the service the camera stopped working. Do you know how angry that made me!? It was frustrating. I wanted to smash that stupid camera, which is kind of the opposite of what I was trying to preach. Now that sounds almost comical, but […]
Lenten Fire
There is great power in fire. We see that every year when destructive forest fires sweep across portions of our country. But there are benefits from forest fires, too. As it burns, a forest fire consumes the underbrush and opens the canopy to allow more sunlight through, permitting new growth. An experiment at Tall Timbers […]
Waiting for Advent
Advent is a season of preparation. Preparation for what? Ostensibly, it’s for an event that happened two millenia ago: the coming of Christ. But more, it’s preparation to celebrate Jesus’ birth at Christmas, to receive faithfully the risen Christ who comes to us in Word, and Spirit, and to await with hope Christ’s coming in […]
Merry-Go-Round of Sheep
You learn some funny things during a pandemic. Earlier in the year, the British authorities enforced a COVID-19 lockdown by closing parks and playgrounds in the UK. People were forced to stay in their homes and the abandoned parks and playgrounds must have been a depressing sight. Until the sheep arrived…. It seems that when […]