We Must Give Up On ViolenceAdvent 2A | Isaiah 11: 1-10, Matthew 3:1-12 "A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,and a branch shall grow out of his roots." It is a promise. That the project isn’t done. We aren’t finished, over, dead. There is yet life in that old stump. A shoot, …
Sermons
A Word: Giving in Love
Jesus’s alternative to fearAdvent 1A | Matthew 24:36-44 Noah, Rapture, “But about that day and hour no one knows” . . . apocalyptic talk of flooding and separating, the Lord coming here and a thief breaking in . . . there is a lot hitting us today and we should take a …
A Word: Modern Apocalypse
The Crucifixion and redeeming loveProper Last C | Luke 23:33-43 The crucifixion. What a downer. And a strange way to say Happy Holidays, right? Last week, we had the story of Jesus and the disciples leaving the Temple, mesmerized by its enormity, beauty, that awesome …
