Here's my sermon from Sunday (September 30), which I called "Words Mean What They Mean...Until They Don't: Redefining Liturgy, part 1." It is inspired by Brian McLaren's Why did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammad Cross the Road? I think it is a terrific book. For years now I've found McLaren to be an author …
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Giving Up Fear for Lent
That’s what we exploring at our next evening worship experiment this Sunday, March 4 at 5:00pm. Hope you'll join us! First, a short video to get us thinking: What do you think of that? Do you sometimes (always?!?) hide your true self? What masks do you wear? How does being in church affect those masks? …
Jonah, Jesus & Us: Jan. 22 sermon “Changing Speech, Speaking Change”
I always feel inadequate when it comes to posting my sermons. Most all the blogging pastors I know are great at posting brilliant manuscripts, and most of them manage to do so by early Sunday morning. Meanwhile, I usually don't have a manuscript. But that's ok because I think sermons are auditory (and visual) events …
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All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 