There is something special about last meals, isn’t there? I’d like to show you a series of photographs. These photographs, except for the last one – which I added, are from a piece called “No Seconds,” and they were put together by Henry Hargreaves. I don’t want to belabor the artwork with my commentary, so… Continue reading The Lasting Supper – Luke 22:14-30
Category: Sermons
This is a collection of my sermons, written and preached in various contexts – including seminary and local congregations.
Getting Ahead in God’s Upside-Down Kingdom: An Appeal for a Consistently Pro-Life Ethic
[MP3: Getting Ahead in God’s Upside-Down Kingdom] [PDF Sermon Manuscript: Getting Ahead in God’s Upside-Down Kingdom] Opening Prayer God, our Refuge, I ask that your Holy Spirit would move in our lives, so that we would: promote your justice embody your steadfast faithful love and humbly obey Your will, even if it costs us our… Continue reading Getting Ahead in God’s Upside-Down Kingdom: An Appeal for a Consistently Pro-Life Ethic
A Disappointing Christmas Homily
Good morning! And Merry Christmas! Together, let us pray: O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns… Continue reading A Disappointing Christmas Homily
Following Jesus Beyond the Bandwagon
(A chapel message in a Christian school.) There are a few things you should know about me: I am a student at a Christian seminary. Before that, I went to a Christian college. Before that, I went to a Christian high school, and a Christian middle school. Before that, I was home-schooled, and I grew… Continue reading Following Jesus Beyond the Bandwagon
The Feast of St. James the Apostle: A Homily for Ministers
Readings: Psalm 34; Jeremiah 16:14-21; Mark 1:14-20 Like so many other feast days – scheduled, as they are, on the days of the namesakes’ deaths – the feast day of St. James the Apostle is a strong rebuke to our aspirations. To our aspirations as human beings, and especially to our aspirations as ministers of… Continue reading The Feast of St. James the Apostle: A Homily for Ministers