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Prayer for October 12, 2020: Please pray with me. God of the nations, why do we have such a difficult time accepting this title of yours? Why do we want to barricade you into just a small section of our lives? Why do we think we know better than...

(Here is my sermon preached on Sunday, October 11, 2020. It was in response to the Epistle reading for the day – Philippians 4:1-9) I read a commentary this week on the selected passage from Paul’s letter to the Philippians that really nailed it.  It’s by Ekapurta Tupamahu, who is...

Prayer for October 8, 2020: Please pray with me. God of justice, how do we pray for enemies? We are told to pray for our enemies, but what does that sound like? What do we say? Psalm 109 tells us how evildoers often end up ensnared in the very...

Prayer for October 6, 2020: Please pray with me. God who makes a path, you set us on the path you make – why do we wander from it? Why are we attracted to alternative paths that lead to no where? What is it about these alternatives that are...

I believe it was Will Willimon who said something like this during the most recent Festival of Homiletics earlier this year – “Do we really believe in a God that actually interacts and is active in the world, or an inept God that stays out of the way and...

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(I preached this sermon yesterday, October 4, 2020. It is based on Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-46) Pick any story where there are bad guys and good guys.  Think of movies you’ve seen.  I want you to think about the bad guys and their methods.  There’s emperor Palpatine or Darth Sidious in...

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Prayer for September 25, 2020: Please pray with me. God of justice, we pray that your justice may flourish. The world is your creation. We are the created, yet I wonder how often we forget that. Humanity creates unjust systems that harm and kill so many – kill black...