bothI preached this sermon at Grace United Methodist Church on June 23, 2013. The text is Galatians 3:23-29. Here’s the audio. One of our church members shared with me a t-shirt that her English department had made for themselves. I thought was pretty clever. Now, English has many irregularities, but there are still rules […]
I preached this sermon on May 19, 2013 at Grace United Methodist Church. The texts are Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts 2:1-21. Here is the audio. We’ve got two scripture lessons this morning – the story of the Tower of Babel and the story of Pentecost. Our graduates are about to go off to different places […]
I preached this sermon at Grace UMC on January 13, 2013. Here’s the audio and the scripture (Luke 3:15-23a). Only you can prevent forest fires. That’s the advice of the iconic Smokey the Bear. Forest fires are not to be taken lightly and I do hope each of you takes fire safety seriously. But […]
I preached this sermon on Epiphany Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Grace UMC. Here’s the audio and the scripture (Luke 3:1-14) Last week, we began a three week sermon series entitled, “Grow” aimed at learning from Jesus’ steps of growth after his birth to the beginning of his ministry. We read Luke’s account of a […]
I preached this sermon on December 30th at Grace UMC. Here’s the audio and the text (Luke 2:41-52). Today’s sermon is brought to you by the number twelve. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but twelve year old boys can be strange. They don’t seem to operate by the same socially agreed upon customs that […]
I preached this sermon at Grace UMC on Sunday, October 28, 2012. I used the lectionary text, Job 42:1-6, 10-17. I want to tell you all about something you may have been taught all your life in church that simply isn’t true. You may have heard at some point that the shortest verse in the […]
I preached this sermon at Grace UMC on September 9, 2012. Here’s the audio. I used the lectionary text, Mark 7:24-37. Some of you may know that it was my birthday this week. For my birthday, my son Carter and wife Christy made a set of cards with 52 reasons they love me. I wanted […]
I preached this sermon at Grace United Methodist Church on July 29, 2012. We’ve got a tantalizingly juicy Scripture for you this morning. If you had stayed at home and watched the most obscene thing you could find on cable TV, it wouldn’t be as bad as this. Now, that I’ve got your attention, “A reading from […]
I preached this sermon at Valley UMC on June 10, 2012. The text was I Samuel 8:4-20. One author who writes about leadership says this, Sabotage is the terrain of leadership. Let me say that again, sabotage is the terrain of leadership. In other words, leaders with a vision usually run into someone who’s trying […]
I preached this sermon on June 3, 2012 at Grace UMC. The text was John 3:1-17. “I’ll Speak Slow, So You Can Understand.” A couple weeks ago, my son, Carter, and my wife Christy and I went to Sweet CeCe’s Yogurt over in Providence. The new owner gave us a rewards punch card – buy […]