Friday, December 29, 2017

Heralding the New (Simeon's Song from Luke 2)

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On the fireplace mantle of my parent’s home, shepherds, magi, a barn full of animals, and an angel hovering above, have attended the holy ...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Christmas Eve 2017

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Last weekend, I found myself in a similar moment of great anticipation. The lines were long at the movie theatre, but somehow with some f...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Advent One: Turned the Right Way

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On a walk in my neighborhood this week, I noticed the lawn and home decorations for Christmas have arrived in earnest.   Some folks appear...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Christ and the Powers that be

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Of late, we have had much conversation about the role of power and authority in the world, mostly because we are looking for better exampl...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Building and ReBuilding: A sermon on the occasion of the 200th year of First Baptist Rome, New York

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Preaching at church anniversaries is an occasional duty of Regional ministry, yet I also take great joy in the opportunity!  The First Bap...
Monday, September 25, 2017

Generation to Generation (Psalm 145)

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As the fall is underway (though this weekend up in the 80s/low 90s seemed to contradict), churches return to "active mode" with t...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Clarence Jordan's great disappointment

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Earlier this weekend, I shared on social media: As clergy prepare for another difficult day in Charlottesville and silence (not even a lit...