Sermons from June 2025
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear siblings in Christ,dear friends, mentors, and companions on the journey. This is a bittersweet moment. My time as your diaconal resident is coming to an end. And as I’ve been thinking and praying about what I’d like to leave with you, I couldn’t think of a better passage than today’s text from Our Epistle Reading…
Pentecost Sunday
Today’s reading from Acts is odd. We heard that the disciples were gathered, and flames began dancing on their heads. Then, they begin speaking in non-native languages so that they could communicate with every devout Jewish person who was “living” in Jerusalem. And, I want direct our attention to the Greek word translated here as “living.” It has a specific meaning. It means “to have settled or been planted in a new place.” That is, these Jewish people were not born in Jerusalem, they didn’t speak the native language, and they probably looked, acted, and engaged in different ways…
Seventh Sunday of Easter
At some point, I lost heaven. I can’t remember exactly when that was. Suddenly I reached into the void. The sky was gone. I continued to search for a while, a little deeper, between the folds – or on the other side? No. My sky, the little piece of the puzzle, sky blue with cloud white – had disappeared…