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Underware. That is the term for too much sermon prep work actually making it into the sermon. That was what this one was. There is a really good 700 word meditation at the end, preceeded by 700 words that should not have made it into the final draft. It is not that the . . . → Read More: Sermon – Luke 1:26-38 – Mary replied I am the slave of the Lord This was the last mid-week sermon. We had been roughly following a chain of OT promises of the messiah. The first grouping was about a savior/prophet. The second group were kingly predictions. The last group was priestly predictions. I didn’t start out with prophet, priest and king, but that was always latent and it became more . . . → Read More: Advent Sermon – Symbols of Things – Zechariah 3:8 Reading: 2 Peter 1:12-21 We moderns, especially modern americans who think history started about 1964, tend to abide by a corollary of history starting in 1964 – anything or anyone that came before that was stupid. Scholars make hay talking about unbridgable difference and making you think you need an expert to help you understand old texts . . . → Read More: Cleverly Devised Myths – not what Peter Preached After preaching in what is called a lectio continua (a continuous reading) for most of the summer, fall and early winter, the advent texts are herky jerky. One moment you are in Mark and the Next you are in John or Isaiah or Paul. Since I used the Markan text for John the baptist last week . . . → Read More: Sermon – Bad Coinage – 1 Thess 5:16-24 Mrs. Parson Brown didn’t find this funny. I found this the funniest short clip I’ve seen in a while. Let . . . → Read More: Santa Posting Text: Luke 22:14-30 I’d like you to really read that text. Anything strike you as odd? See anything strange? Read it again. Christmas is coming up. That is a time full of tradition. Families gather around tables and fireplaces and tell stories. Grandpa tells the kids about what mom did when she was your age. Mom tells the . . . → Read More: Complexity of Tradition In the modern world Christians who are looking forward to a coming King have a problem. Christopher Hitchens goes right at that problem. The idea of a King is oppressive in a world of democracies. Somewhat surprisingly the answer is part affirmation of what Hitchens says – a Holy King is a scary dictator. . . . → Read More: Advent Mid-week Sermon – The Problems of a King Reading: Isaiah 6:1-13 The Lutheran understanding of the calling of a minister is of a mediated divine call. Mediated means it comes through his people the church. Unlike say Paul, the disciples or Isaiah in this scene, God does not speak directly (unmediated) and call the minister. Nevertheless, that call is still divine. . . . → Read More: Wednesday – The content of a Call Reading: Isaiah 5:8-17 The above picture is one I’ve seen in other contexts as well. What appears to be every house on the block on in a neighborhood for sale. Having a house for sale currently, and reading this passage from Isaiah is interesting. In its context in ancient Israel after the conquest the . . . → Read More: Tuesday – Adding field to field This link takes you to a blogger who helpd at one of the larger gathering places for Operation Christmas Child. If I remember my count we sent along about 20 shoeboxes. Nancy relayed on the moving van full of boxes as the church that was the drop off point. This picture comes from . . . → Read More: Operation Christmas Child Picture |
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