August « 2008 « St. Mark's Lutheran

Sermon – “Fading Glory” – Matt 16:21-28

By Parson Brown, on 4:51 pm%

This was a fifth Sunday of the month and a holiday weekend, so I knew attendance would be lite. So the sermon was set within a very stripped down service. I had intended to use matins on Sunday Morning, but when I saw the attendance, I switched to the prayer service that was . . . → Read More: Sermon – “Fading Glory” – Matt 16:21-28

Friday – Pentecost 15

By Parson Brown, on 10:28 am%

Readings
Job 9:1-15, 32-35
Acts 10:34-48
John 7:37-52

Meditation
We hear an echo of the Ethiopian and Philip. The eunuch’s question was, “Here’s water, what is to prevent me from being baptized?” The eunuch knew there used to be a wall, a law separating him from that washing. Now Peter asks, “Can anyone forbid water for baptizing . . . → Read More: Friday – Pentecost 15

Thursday – Pentecost 15

By Parson Brown, on 9:30 am%

Readings
Job 8:1-10, 20-22
Acts 10:17-33
John 7:14-36

Meditation
Evangelism is a odd thing. The typical corporate response is to set up a “spear-catcher”. One of the group has to tell the bad news about the quarter or the event, and that person catches the spear because the messenger is always shot. After that sacrifice, the higher-ups . . . → Read More: Thursday – Pentecost 15

New Sidebar Link – Healthy Hearts

By Parson Brown, on 11:41 am%

I have added a catagory called Area Ministries and a link under that catagory called healthy hearts.

That link takes you to a page for a Support Group Ministry based out of Ridgeland Community Church. This Tuesday (8/26) I met with the sponsors and people behind this ministry. You might have seen the front . . . → Read More: New Sidebar Link – Healthy Hearts

Wednesday – Pentecost 15

By Parson Brown, on 10:09 am%

Readings
Job 7:1-21
Acts 10:1-16
John 7:1-13

Meditation
The text in acts today is frought with danger for the culture of today. The event told by Luke between Peter and Cornelius is basically the pattern for every change that would break a specific passage of scripture. The early church was basically Jewish. While Jesus would confront the . . . → Read More: Wednesday – Pentecost 15

Tuesday – Pentecost 15

By Parson Brown, on 5:42 pm%

Readings
Job 6:1-21
Acts 9:32-43
John 6:60-71

Meditation
We had a small break in the Acts story. Luke (the writer of acts) tells us about the Samarian mission and Philip. He also gives us the start of Paul – the Damascus road experience. With today’s text we are back on the main early thread. This is . . . → Read More: Tuesday – Pentecost 15

A Comment Question that others might have

By Parson Brown, on 3:30 pm%

In the comments Liz Waring asks – “Would it also be possible to post the entire sermon after it’s been given?”

The answer is yes. In fact the full text of the sermon is on the website connected to the word cloud picture in the sermon posts. If you have MS Word or MS . . . → Read More: A Comment Question that others might have

Sermon – My Assembly – Matt 16:13-20

By Parson Brown, on 2:01 pm%

The subject of this sermon is the Church and what it means to be church. Those thoughts have come up repeatedly in the last couple of weeks. I knew when I first read the lesson for today, the handing of the keys in Matthew, that the church would be a good topic. . . . → Read More: Sermon – My Assembly – Matt 16:13-20

Friday – Pentecost 14

By Parson Brown, on 9:03 pm%

Vampire Parson Brown reporting for duty, that 3 AM volleyball game was great. It is not good for a married man with kids to all of a sudden have larger blocks of time. They get wasted. Oh well, only one more day.

Readings
Job 2:1-13
Acts 9:1-9
John 6:27-40

Meditation
Saul, still breathing threats and murder, or as . . . → Read More: Friday – Pentecost 14

Open Source Liturgy

By Parson Brown, on 10:53 pm%

This is a staggering suggestion/operation. The United Methodist Church, or at least some within it (I don’t know enough about it to really answer) is modeling the development of the new liturgies upon open source software development. Knowing a little about both worlds (open source and liturgical) that idea is exciting and shocking . . . → Read More: Open Source Liturgy

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