sermons – Salvaged Faith

Making the Congregation Cry

Posted on August 12, 2011Leave a comment

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This has been an insanely busy summer… vacation, a new nephew, mission trips, fundraisers, cleaning at the church… So I have tried to make my summer a bit easier by working through Romans with the congregation. Ha. In some ways, it hasn’t been that bad. Each piece kind of follows on the one before it,…

A summer of confession and struggle and hope

Posted on July 2, 2011Leave a comment

I have decided to journey through the book of Romans with my church folks this summer. a) it’s the lectionary b) I haven’t spent that much time with Romans before c) it is fitting in nicely with our visioning process d) it has absolutely positively hit me right in the gut and there is A…

A Writer? #reverb10

Posted on December 16, 2010Leave a comment

I’m not sure that I really consider myself a writer. Or at least, I haven’t considered it before. When I make a list of hobbies and things I like to do, writing never makes an appearance. When I talk about the things that I am good at, I have never thought to include writing. But,…

preaching in spanish

Posted on June 2, 2009Leave a comment

I should probably also post about the amazing experience it was to PREACH in Spanish!!! Thanks to Adrianna, our translator, I was able to take my sermon for our bi-lingual pentecost service and preach it in BOTH languages. I was nervous, but really just more excited about the opportunity to do it. And when I…

trying too hard

Posted on May 23, 2009Leave a comment

wYesterday, I shot my best two rounds of disc golf ever. On both courses, I had back nines of 6 and my combined scores for the two courses was only 29! Now, those aren’t great scores. But for me, they are fantastic scores. I did twice as good as I normally do. And do you…

whew.

Posted on April 26, 20092 Comments

all of the distraction and wrestling and frustration yesterday with my sermon… and in the two weeks worth of conversations on membership and discipleship really paid off this morning. I think my number one goal was to get us to admit as a congregation (and as the church) that our current journey of faith –…

distracted

Posted on April 25, 2009Leave a comment

This morning I have spent three and a half hours in front of my computer attempting to work on my sermon. So far I have nothing but a title, but I have accomplished such other things as: found an excellent debt reduction calculator for excel as I think about whether or not I can manage…

soil conservation

Posted on April 19, 2009Leave a comment

This morning, I preached a sermon on soil conservation. Yah, it may seem like a strange topic – and definately not in line with any lectionary passages or a sermon series. But this spring, I auctioned off a sermon during our youth fundraiser. And the winning bidder got to choose the topic or scripture for…

The Lord is our Salvation A Lenten Study following the RCL Year B readings. This book looks at salvation from a variety of lenses and opens our understanding of the work of Christ.

Three Gifts, One ChristAn Advent or Epiphany Bible Study focusing on the gifts of the magi and what they tell us about the baby born in the manger.

All Earth Is Waiting: Good News for God’s Creation at Advent is a seasonal biblical study focusing on the call of people of faith to respond to a changing climate.