UPDATE: Here's the audio of the sermon that elicited this response that moved me so. I was trying to say: Resurrection confirms God's dream for this world. Resurrection invites us to bring God's dream to life. What did you hear though? https://soundcloud.com/davebuer/running-down-a-dream-rev-dave-buerstetta-4-1-18-9-00 I talk. A lot. It's kinda my gig as a pastor. There …
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Experiencing “Good” Friday and Holy Saturday
It seems to me that our words sometimes (often?) get in the way. Here then is a fantastic video about Good Friday that uses no words. Created by SparkHouse for their line of Sunday School curriculum called Holy Moly. It is meant to be shown to and with children. But I think you'll find it speaks powerfully to …
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Finding a new leadoff hitter
During our worship services this Easter Sunday, I got to read the lesson from Acts 10. I added a little prologue because the prescribed reading from the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) begins in the middle of the story. It's a story that's too good, too important to skip over. In fact, I argue that it …
Sunday’s coming
It's Saturday night. That means you've made it through Maundy (Holy) Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. For us pastor types it also means it will soon be time to share cogent, coherent thoughts in the form of an Easter Sunday sermon! That's the mounting pressure, anxiety-inducing meaning of "Sunday's coming." If you're still figuring …
Bizarro Shaggy and Scooby?
I hope you'll forgive the continuing shameless self-promotion... I'm pleased to be a part of the fun, interesting, good work going on at The Hardest Question, the blog that seeks to: move Bible preachers and teachers creatively away from hermeneutical cliché, so as to ignite both weekly preparations and insightful conversations for the sake of …
It’s Sunday, but Sunday’s comin’
As a follower of God in the way of Jesus, today is Palm Sunday. And it's Passion Sunday. Which, at my church, meant it was Palm/Passion Sunday. We're just all hip mashup like that. Today marks the beginning of what we call Holy Week. That is, the week leading up to Easter. Today we remembered …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 