Texts: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 If you took the time to read the appointed texts for today, you would perhaps have seen what I saw: there were numerous ideas worthy of exploration and meditation. I want to think
Sermon: The Plumb-Line July 15, 2012
Texts: Amos 7:7-15; Ps. 85:8-13; Mark 6:14-29 Well, that’s a gruesome tale if ever there was one! Several things are worth noting at the outset: First, whoever thinks that Judaism and Christianity are religions that focus on the spiritual and
Sermon: Living by Grace July 8, 2012
TEXTS: Ezekiel 2:1-5; 2 Corinthians 12:1-12; Mark 6:1-13 The words of St. Paul in this so-called “second letter” to the Corinthians which may, in fact, be a redaction from portions of several letters strung together, have had great meaning for me over
Sermon: Health and Freedom July 1, 2012
Text: Mark 5:21-43 Fortuitously, albeit coincidentally, the Gospel lesson for today presents us with a story from the ministry of Jesus, whose ministry is our own as we are now the body of Christ in the world, about illness and