Preached on April 22, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Genesis 18:16-23; Ephesians 1:3-6
The book of Ephesians is a good place to begin if you want to learn more about what the church is supposed to do and be. We're going to spend the next few weeks working out of Ephesians, then, because it's important that we learn how we as a community are expected to live after Easter.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Life After Easter
Preached on April 15, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Isaiah 53:7-12; Matthew 28:16-20
This week's sermon is the beginning of a series of sermons where we try to cope with Easter. Things are different now than they were before Easter, and if we're living lives that don't show that difference, then we need to ask why we're not different.
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Reading: Isaiah 53:7-12; Matthew 28:16-20
This week's sermon is the beginning of a series of sermons where we try to cope with Easter. Things are different now than they were before Easter, and if we're living lives that don't show that difference, then we need to ask why we're not different.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Short on Explanations
Preached on Easter morning, April 8, 2007, at PLWC.
Reading: Luke 24:1-12; John 11:17-27, 45-46, 53
Last week was a busy one for sermons, since I got to preach for both Good Friday and Easter. For this Easter sermon I focused on the sheer audacity of Jesus' resurrection: we can theologize and debate and prevaricate and ignore all we want, but when it comes down to brass tacks, there's a guy who used to be dead who isn't dead anymore and hasn't died for the last two thousand years. What do we do with that?
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Reading: Luke 24:1-12; John 11:17-27, 45-46, 53
Last week was a busy one for sermons, since I got to preach for both Good Friday and Easter. For this Easter sermon I focused on the sheer audacity of Jesus' resurrection: we can theologize and debate and prevaricate and ignore all we want, but when it comes down to brass tacks, there's a guy who used to be dead who isn't dead anymore and hasn't died for the last two thousand years. What do we do with that?
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
No Surprises
Preached on Good Friday, April 6, 2007 at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Pocono Pines, PA (Pocono Ecumenical Good Friday service).
Reading: Hebrews 10:16-25
I was privileged to be able to preach at Our Lady of the Lake RCC for Good Friday before a congregation of people assembled from four or five churches, an honor for which I was selected because I was the newest member of the ecumenical council. The service was centered on the Stations of the Cross, something of which us Protestants are mostly ignorant (to our loss). It was a great opportunity, not only because I enjoy preaching, but also because it was a chance to worship with fellow Christians of other congregations. We don't do enough of that, but that's a whole other diatribe...
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Reading: Hebrews 10:16-25
I was privileged to be able to preach at Our Lady of the Lake RCC for Good Friday before a congregation of people assembled from four or five churches, an honor for which I was selected because I was the newest member of the ecumenical council. The service was centered on the Stations of the Cross, something of which us Protestants are mostly ignorant (to our loss). It was a great opportunity, not only because I enjoy preaching, but also because it was a chance to worship with fellow Christians of other congregations. We don't do enough of that, but that's a whole other diatribe...
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Spring Flowers
Spring seems to be giving serious thought to visiting the Poconos, so the crocuses are beginning to bloom...
Purple Crocuses
I've been quite pleased with some of the shots I've gotten with my little off-the-shelf Sony Cyber-Shot. It's definitely no D200, but it usually does what I need it to.
Purple CrocusesI've been quite pleased with some of the shots I've gotten with my little off-the-shelf Sony Cyber-Shot. It's definitely no D200, but it usually does what I need it to.
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