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Yr B ~ Pentecost 22 ~ Mark 13:1-8 As they came out of the church, one of the members said, “Look at this beautiful church. I just love these majestic buildings. Church architecture is awesome.” Then Jesus responded, “So you…
Yr B ~ Thanksgiving ~ Matthew 6:25-33 It’s the last line that trips us up. We hear it and it derails us from what I think Jesus is really teaching. A huge challenge is that it’s lines like this that…
Yr B ~ Creation 3 ~ Mark 14:17-24 I’d like you to look carefully at the picture I’ve used as my sermon title slide. I’ll describe it too. It’s a vision of what the Last Supper may have looked like.…
Yr B ~ Creation 2 ~ Mark 9:38-50 I said last week that the scripture texts during this Season of Creation don’t really have much to do with creation. That said, I think last week we made some good tie-ins…
Yr B ~ Creation 1 ~ Mark 9:30-37 Today is the beginning of the liturgical season of Creation. We’ve been marking this season for around a decade now, but it’s still pretty new. Except it isn’t. We’ll talk more about…
Yr B ~ Pentecost 15 ~ Proverbs 1:20-33 (NLT) We’re in the final week of a 3-week sermon series thinking about what it means to be church these days – especially in terms of online church, and hybrid worship, and…
Yr B ~ Pentecost 14 ~ James 1:17-27 (MSG) A few years ago a picture got a lot of attention. It’s an image of a group of teenagers at an art museum, sitting in the presence of a masterwork by…
Yr B ~ Ephesians 6:10-20 ~ Pentecost 13 It’s great to be back with you today! I had a lovely time off this summer, and now it’s also lovely to be getting back to my familiar rhythms. Familiar rhythms. Isn’t…
Yr B ~ Pentecost 8 ~ Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 I was at a church conference once, and at the obligatory Q&A time one of the questioners asked a really deep and heartfelt ‘elephant in the room’ kind of question that…
Yr B ~ Pentecost 7 ~Mark 6:14-29 I thought about calling this sermon “What We’re Up Against”, but I decided that sounded too ominous. So I kept searching for a way to lighten it up. Honestly, I’m not sure I…