Friend. One of the most powerful and evocative words in the language. I have never encountered anyone who says they have too many friends, in this case Facebook friends do not count. We love the friends we have. We want to have friends. So what do we do with Jesus saying in John 15 where […]
The Ten Commandments revisited
It has been a long time since I spent any real time thinking about the Ten Commandments. I’m not indifferent to them or anything like that, they just haven’t come up lately. I was doing some reading about the Lectionary texts, an act which I have noticed is becoming more common this year, and something […]
It isn’t a math issue
The sermon title today is “1 + 1 + 1 = 1 Wait! What?” and is, needless to say, about the Trinity. The Lectionary makes sure that we don’t skip over the Trinity just because it is a potentially difficult doctrine (and it is!). Every year, just like clock work we […]