By Parson Brown, on March 30th, 2011
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We had a double baptism this week. Yes, it breaks a liturgical rule about lent, but the text was perfect – living water, John 4:5-26. The entire segment of John from Nicodemus through the Samaritan Woman and the well with a picture of actual baptisms(!) in between is full of baptismal images . . . → Read More: This Well is Deep…
By Parson Brown, on March 22nd, 2011
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If you are an engineering student you’ve heard the joke that goes with that question. I like that joke. I think that joke captures a whole bunch of folk wisdom beyond just being funny.
I probably should just post this and not say much. But I’m dumb that way.
To me, what . . . → Read More: Is Hell endothermic or exothermic?
By Parson Brown, on March 16th, 2011
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It is probably unseemly for a minister to express too much pride, but this sermon works. The core meaning of the text is who is this Jesus – he is God’s son, he is the new Israel. The question is what does that mean for us? We could imagine a world where . . . → Read More: Identity Crisis
By Parson Brown, on March 9th, 2011 This morning we took psalm 51 as our text. We know the famous portions – restore unto me the joy of your salvation – but the last four verses spoke a couple of points to me.
Psalm 51: 16-19 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be . . . → Read More: Ash Wednesday
By Parson Brown, on March 9th, 2011
March 8, 2011 – Circuit Meeting
This is the sermon delivered at the pastor’s meeting. If you heard the transfiguration sermon below, it is similar, but modified in a couple of ways for the audience. 1. I brought in the text for this coming Sunday hopefully to give the pastors a step or a . . . → Read More: Circuit Meeting
By Parson Brown, on March 9th, 2011 Full Text
Transfiguration is an evocative word. Being creatures in a half dimension of time, we know the past but can’t do anything about it. We don’t know the future, and usually fear it, especially when we know that it will transfigure us. We can either let that fear change us, or we can . . . → Read More: We know the who…
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