Worship That Matters

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, June 13, 2010Luke 4: 16-30 There aren’t many stories in the Bible about actual worship services. It seems odd. Although the scriptures are central to our worship and to the Jewish tradition; and although...

Cell The Church

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, May 16, 2010   1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 Religious leaders, Jesus tells his disciples, “love to have people call them ‘reverend’ and ‘doctor.’ But you are not to be called that,” he says, “for you have one...

Every Mother’s Son

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, May 9, 2010  Mark 5: 1-20 For more than ten years, in every week or two, I have spent a couple of hours in conversation and reflection with men in the prisons at Attica or Sing Sing—men who sometimes...

What I Meant

download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, May 2, 2010Acts 11: 1-18 Does God change God’s mind—ever? You may not have one mind on this question, and some may change theirs this morning. Consider. Old Testament stories are not shy to show God, as...

The Jesus Game

download a PDF of this text Text on Sunday, April 25, 2010Luke 6: 27-38 You know the excitement of getting a brand new machine with more features and buttons than the salesperson could show you at the store. For this one it’s a new computer or a game box or a car, for...