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Yr A ~ Pentecost 12 ~ Matthew 14:22-33 Everybody calls this the ‘Jesus walks on water’ story. That’s curious to me, because I think that bit is actually the least important part of the story. Well, the specific thing, not…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 11 ~ Genesis 45:1-15 Ok, I have three jobs to do here this morning. One is to fill in the rest of the Joseph story to give us some context beyond the short scripture excerpt. Another…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 10 ~ Genesis 37:1-4, 12-36 It’s challenging to tackle a story like this – partly because of the theological content, but mostly because in order to get the message we need to hear the whole story,…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 9 ~ Genesis 32:22-31 (out of lectionary order) The scripture reading today is one of those famous scenes where most church people seem to know the reference but I suspect that’s usually as far as it…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 6 ~ Genesis 25:27-34 I was a big fan of the sitcom called “How I Met Your Mother.” In one of the final episodes the lead character, a hopeless romantic named Ted, was at a friend’s…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 5 ~ Matthew 11:28-30 I’m going to do something today that I usually don’t do. I’m going to ignore the context of the suggested scripture reading, refrain from diving inside it and drawing out the beautiful…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 3 ~ Genesis 22:1-14 What a great text for Father’s Day! I mean, it’s got everything, right? A dad and his son going on a three day camping trip, they’ll do some bonding (I mean binding),…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 2 ~ Romans 5:1-8 Here we go again. Yet another biblical text filled with really fantastic and heavy theological concepts that have, in my oh so humble opinion, have not been interpreted in the most helpful…
Yr A ~ Trinity ~ Matthew 28:16-20, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 I’m not really going to preach about the Biblical texts this week – instead, I’m going to focus on a concept – the concept of the Trinity. It’s been said…
Pentecost ~ Acts 2:1-18 I blame Andrew! It’s all his fault – well, his dad’s actually. You see, Andrew is one of my very best friends. We were the best man at each other’s wedding – and when we were…