Holy God, we shout “Hosanna” along with the crowd. “Save us! We beseech thee.” And somehow, this chance we have to give our money is a grace of your salvation. A way to escape the self-focus that threatens to consume our lives. So open our hearts. Open our hands. Accept our gifts, O God, we…
I’ve posted a new page with today’s sermon on John 12: 20-33. It includes the words “sex” and “hell”–if that’s an incentive to read it (or not). 🙂
My artistic reflection on this week’s Gospel reading from the Lectionary: John 12: 20-33.
Here is a simple call to worship we will use this week with the Jeremiah 31 passage. Holy One, dwell within us. Whisper in our ears; Glimmer in our vision; Write upon our hearts. We wait with open ears, open eyes, open hearts. Amen Â
I thought I posted this yesterday, but apparently it disappeared into cyberspace. Here’s the call to worship we’ll be using this week, which draws on Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21. The chorus is from the psalm. Call to Worship When we are lost in the wilderness, God’s steadfast love endures forever. When we complain about…
Holy Christ, you have lifted up your life for our lives. We lift up to you now these fruits of our life’s work; this money that has been given to us, we now give to you. May this offering be used toward healing, toward peace, toward abundant life for all people. Amen.
The ten commandments and turned-over tables. What a great week to be a preacher! Here is the prayer of confession and offertory prayer we are using this week. Prayer of Confession O God, Have mercy on us. You draw us to holy places, and we fail to look for you. You speak to us holy…
I have posted the sermon I preached last year on Matthew 16:21-28, which is a parallel passage to this week’s Gospel reading in Mark 8:27-38. (This poor little post has been languishing in my draft folder all week. Oops.)
Call to Worship (from Romans 4:13-25) Â The promise to Abraham and Sarah and to their descendants came through faith. The inheritance is based on God’s grace and is for all of us who are connected through the centuries, connected to Abraham and Sarah and all their descendants through faith– Faith in the God who opened…
Here is a sestina I wrote as a reflection on my own baptism and on this week’s reading from Mark 1. Sestina: Baptism At eight-years-old I gave my life to Jesus–or at least that’s what I promised before my dad–our pastor–dunked me in the water. And up I came–a new creation, my sins cleaned away,…
Spacious Faith 