Sermons

  In the history of Christianity, no event can ever measure up to what happened in the year 323, when the Emperor Constantine declared that Christianity was the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire.   That scrappy little church, once persecuted, once misunderstood as a cult that venerated cannibalism; that ragtag group of people … read

Speaking of the Trinity, someone once said that it’s not about two men and a bird. According to the liturgical calendar, today is Trinity Sunday, and my guess as to why it’s this particular Sunday goes something like this: we have finally acknowledged the three persons. God the Creator is always present; we have traveled … read

There are many Gregg Neel-isms, little phrases he likes to throw out every now and then, and one of the ones that drives me crazy is this: Don’t just do something, sit there! It makes me nutty when he says that because I am a do-er; I like to do things, accomplish things, fill up … read

James Baldwin once observed, “To be with God is really to be involved with some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you. I conceive of my own life as a journey toward something I do not understand, which in the going toward, makes me better. I conceive of … read

Why do you suppose so many people find the twenty-third psalm so meaningful? You know it – The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for … read