preaching
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Bit By Bit
It is the First Sunday of Lent and I’m missing church. I miss good preaching. Today I could not push myself out the door to find some place to relish in the mystery of these holy forty days because I… Continue reading
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Good News for Today
It has been a long time since I was in the pulpit. My friend Elizabeth Hagan reminded me of this fact in her recent inquiry into why preachers should be political. It’s something I’ve wondered often. If I were to… Continue reading
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Who Is My Neighbor?
With my coffee in hand, I spent this morning flipping through the pages of my Feasting on the Word commentary to study the Gospel Lesson for this Sunday only to discover that I’ve preached this one before. Of course I had.… Continue reading
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What Does This Mean?
Then “there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind.” Other translations describe it as a mighty wind. Or that it was a gale force. Not a calm, peaceful breeze. This wind is powerful. It’s violent so that… Continue reading
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Running Naked
It was only a few weeks ago that I found this beautiful passage from a colleague’s sermon on her blog Spacious Faith. That little passage from her sermon archives inspired what I preached that Sunday. I tend to be in… Continue reading
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Hoarse with Prayer
Between spurts of writing my sermon today, I checked Facebook. It seems it is something that every preacher does. When God isn’t speaking clearly, preachers open their browsers to scan posts on Facebook. Today, I kept coming back to the same story… Continue reading
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The Time Has Come
As you may have seen over and over again, I have been filling in as Guest Minister at Community Congregational Church in Short Hills, NJ. I preached this past Sunday on John 17:1-24. You can find the audio — and even a video… Continue reading
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Remain in Love
As you may have seen over and over again, I’m filling in as Guest Minister at Community Congregational Church in Short Hills, NJ. I preached this past Sunday on John 15:1-8. You can find the audio of the sermon entitled Remain in Love on… Continue reading
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Thank God for Ritual
This prayer arrived too late. I saw it in my email when I pulled into the church parking lot. I smirked at the title of the post. Oh, Martha, I thought. (She penned that prayer and happens to be an… Continue reading
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No Spoiler Alerts
As you may already know, I’m filling in as Guest Minister at Community Congregational Church in Short Hills, NJ. I preached this past Sunday on John 6:24-35. You can find the audio of the sermon entitled No Spoiler Alerts on the church website.… Continue reading
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