(a sermon for Earth Day, Stewardship Week, and in response to a youth auctioned sermon on the theme “soil conservation”) It seems like everyone and their brother is talking about “going green” these days. We can buy “green” organic food at the Big G. We can get rebates and incentives for buying “green” appliances and…
and a broke down car to boot.
Oh… on top of the whole paying taxes thing, I also have either car repairs or a whole new car to purchase. My “grandpa car” broke down last week and I’m pretty sure the repairs are going to be more than its worth. =(
death and taxes
Benjamin Franklin once said that nothing is certain in this world but death and taxes. Well… yesterday proves that one of those things is just as in question as everything else. Christ is Risen – Christ is Risen Indeed! And that means that even the forces of death have been defeated. Taxes on the other…
Afraid of the Truth
This morning, I invite you to hear our gospel reading with new ears… Three women made their way to a lonely tomb just after sunrise. The sky still had that rosy pink hue – but instead of feeling warm and comforted, they were reminded of the bloodshed only days earlier. Never again could they look…
afraid.
Three women made their way to a lonely tomb just after sunrise. The sky still had that rosy pink hue – but instead of feeling warm and comforted, they were reminded of the bloodshed only days earlier. Never again would they look at a cross the same way again. Before, it had been a symbol…
a simple prayer for pastors
gracious god. help us to speak your truth. help us know that while judgment is reserved only for you, that sometimes you call prophets to share your concern for the world and for your children. bless us with courage. bless us with grace for the times we have failed to proclaim boldly your words of…
Passion Sunday
For about two and a half weeks now, I have been working on and reworking and tweaking our Passion Sunday worship. Last year, our format was pretty much a lessons and hymns service – where we read the scriptures and sang songs in between chunks of the reading. I’m always torn about whether or not…
Passion Sunday – a Reader’s Theater for Worship
<> The Lord be with you! And also with you. Let us lift up our hearts! We lift them up to the Lord! Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise! It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give…