It has now been two weeks since Easter and the joyous announcement that
“He is risen!” On that day the world seemed to have become a different
place. People were excited. The church was packed. Bright white lilies
and their delicate fragrance made this place seem like heaven. The choir
sounded like angels. The brass added an extra flare to the
congregation’s enthusiastic singing. After all of that it seemed as if
this world really was a different place.
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No Longer Business as Usual
Sunday, April 22, 2007 — Easter 3 C — John 21:1-19
Anatomy of a Believer
Sunday, April 15, 2007 — Easter 2 C — John 20:19-31
My name is . . . Thomas. My friends call me Didymus, “The Twin.” But as
you know, it is not by this name that I have been most remembered over
the years. Mention Thomas to anyone and immediately they will call me
“Doubting Thomas.” It’s not fair that I am remembered so much for the
negative, for my weakness, for my doubting. Who remembers me for my
confession of faith, a confession which brings to a dramatic climax the
entire Gospel of John?
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The Promise Keeper
Sunday, April 8, 2007 — The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter — Luke 21:1-12
The women had hoped that things would have been different. Jesus had
generated so many hopes and dreams in them. But all of that came to a
grinding and screeching halt with His death. The promise of a new kind
of life and a new kind of world was now broken and shattered...
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Let’s Party!
Sunday, October 9, 2005 — Pentecost 21 A Proper 23 — Matthew 22:1-14
Tom Long (a favorite preacher of mine) tells this marvelous story about
what happened to him when he once was staying in a hotel in large city.
He was surprised to find posted to the elevator door a small handwritten
notice which read "Party Tonight! Room 210. 8:00 p.m. Everyone
Invited!"
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Building a Durable House
Saturday, May 28, 2005 — Pentecost 2 A Proper 4 — Matthew 7:21-29
I am not surprising anyone when I say that a House is not a home. A
tragedy of our modern, affluent society is that, even though many of us
live in beautiful houses, those houses are not necessarily homes. In our
frantic pursuit of the comfortable lifestyle, it has become painfully
clear how much family life has suffered. Hubands and wives busily
pursuing their jobs and careers slowly drift apart.
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