Sorrow. Disbelief. Shock. Anger. Confusion. Deep, inconsolable mourning. And a sense of being on repeat. Our nation was once again rocked by an act of evil that everyone dreads to hear - the senseless killing of lives by a soul killing defenseless children and teachers in a rampage of rage. Why? How can such violence happen? Where is God in the midst of this insanity? How do we respond to yet
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Over the past week, I think that many of you may have learned of a new, or rarely used term: food desert. It’s used to describe “an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food.” This doesn’t mean that food is scarce – it means that healthy, unprepared, fresh food is unavailable. Within six blocks in any direction of the Tops on Jefferson Avenue, one
I’m going to warn you now that I will probably ask more questions in this sermon than you’re used to. Questions that cut right to the root of our faith. Questions that may make you uncomfortable. Questions that we need to ask. Questions that each of us needs to answer for ourselves. “For God so loved the world …” [pause] I watched as many of you mouthed what came next. It seems on the
God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I’m not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd’s crook makes me feel secure. You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my
Some weeks, the readings we hear in church are SO full of sermon possibilities, that it’s hard to pick a particular track; others, I struggle to say something new and different. The Third Sunday of Easter is a mother lode for me… I wouldn’t mind preaching on this week’s readings again next week, in fact! The readings all have a mystical air, but they express the mystic vision in a variety