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Reminder and Remedy
March 10, 2021
Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-21 Jesus makes a curious comparison to an even more curious story.…
Naming the Good (and the Evil)
August 29, 2018
Fifteenth Sunday After PentecostSong of Solomon 2:8-13James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 What do we name as good? What do we…
The Weeds in Our Hearts
July 19, 2017
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 20:10-19 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-43 “You can add up the parts You won't have the…
The Walking Dead
June 29, 2017
Genesis 22:1-14 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 While they have long been a part of traditions and folkways in various cultures,…
It Can’t Come Soon Enough
March 18, 2015
Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-12 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 In the undergraduate Christian Ethics course I teach…
Fallible Church, Deliberate Grace
August 29, 2011
12th Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 33:1-11 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 It is strangely comforting to hear Jesus talking about…
What Do You See?
August 1, 2008
“Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, ‘Surely we are not blind, are we?’ Jesus…