Lectionary Readings – 7th Sunday after Pentecost Since I grew up in northern Alaska, I have never spent much time farming, nor have I seen much in the way of wheat when it’s young. But from what I’ve been told is that when wheat is young, it looks very much like grass. More to the…
Lectionary Readings – 7th Sunday of Easter This past Thursday, we celebrated the Feast of the Ascension. Or at least we thought really hard about celebrating the day because it fell in the middle of work week, and so we thought it might be best to push it off until today. Ascension Day is a…
Lectionary Readings – (Second Sunday in Lent) [This sermon used a lot of props, so I’ve included photos of the props, and I’ve left in my “stage notes” to show when and where I used them.] When I read the scripture for today, and realized that the passage was John 3:16, I began to think…
Lectionary Readings – (The Epiphany) When most people hear the word epiphany, the don’t think of the twelfth day after Christmas, or about the story of the wise men coming from various lands to see the baby Jesus. Instead, when most people think of the word epiphany, they think of an “aha!” moment like when…
Lectionary Readings – (23rd Sunday after Pentecost) One of the first things that jumped out at me in today’s Gospel Reading was not that Jesus was talking about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, or the idea of false prophets that will try and deceive the people of God, or even the idea that…
Lectionary Readings – (14th Sunday After Pentecost) I have a small notebook that I carry around with me almost everywhere I go. In it, I keep ideas for new software applications, new business ideas, my rantings and ravings, sermon ideas, and personal thoughts. Most of what I write in this notebook is very personal to…
Lectionary Readings – (6th Sunday After Pentecost) As I was preparing for today, reading about Mary and Martha, I was reminded of a cartoon I saw on Facebook recently. The sheep is lying on a garden recliner watching television, behind him the radio is blaring, he’s reading a magazine and simultaneously listening to an iPod.…
Lectionary Readings – (Third Sunday in Easter) When I was attending seminary in California, a group of us loved to go fishing. Often, we would grab our gear on long weekends, and run up to Lake Isabella and the Kern River, north of Los Angeles. On one particular weekend, two of us had heard that…
Lectionary Readings – (Last Sunday after the Epiphany) Some of you may remember the comic strip called Calvin and Hobbes, which follows a young boy named Calvin and his talking tiger, named Hobbes. In a series of strips, the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, plays with the idea of a transmogrifier, which starts out…
Lectionary Readings – (Third Sunday of Advent) According to Greek tradition, Apollo had been taunting Eros, the God of Love by telling him that Eros’ little bow and arrow could never match his accomplishments as a warrior. So Eros shot Apollo with a golden arrow which made him burn with passion for Daphne, a river…