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Our organist, Dennis Hein, passed away this week from cancer. He was 64. The service is Saturday at 11 AM. I’ve always had trouble turning off my brain. It is a cliche now, but a computer keeps cycling those giga-hertz even when 99% of them are spent running a screen saver and idling. When there . . . → Read More: Slight Momentary Diversions I ran across this essay – Stick Figure Theology – about incredibly simple pictures. It was pretty much by accident. The church of my childhood had a stand of books for sale. It was mostly various books on hot topics (I think, but none of them were that interesting to an 8 year old). But . . . → Read More: Simple Pictures In David Brook’s column an interesting wrap-up. Liberalism has not expanded because it has not had a Martin Luther, a leader committed to stripping away the corruptions, complexities and indulgences that have grown up over the years. If you’ll forgive some outside advice, President Obama might consider running for re-election as Luther. It’s not enough . . . → Read More: Martin Luther Sightings This year the Gospel of Mark forms the core of the lectionary. That gospel is one that comes out of the desert. A voice is heard in the desert. A baptist appears there. All the countryside goes out there. And Jesus is driven there by the Spirit no less. All within the first 13 . . . → Read More: Deserts, knowledge and Truth Well the sermons are done, the programs are practiced, the booklets being printed. As the sticky post above says, everyone is invited to come and worship. Its good for your soul, even if you don’t know what that word means. At Christmas you find amazing things where you don’t think they belong. There are several . . . → Read More: All the Stockings are hung by the Chimney with care…. Sermon Text Mark 1:1-8 Full Text of Sermon Mark’s gospel as we have it full of odd turns. He boldly states as his first words the title of this post. But the climax of the story is the cross. The demons and the Roman Centurion crucifying Jesus are the only people in the story . . . → Read More: The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ the Son of God 1. Pinterest – the front site is very pretty if in a way-too-unreal sort of way. I’m sure I’m way behind a curve here but it appears to be a visual orientation social networking site. You “pin” up things you like. It also appears to be populated primarily by women. First thought, can you imagine . . . → Read More: Three interesting things, no four… Lord give us today our daily bread. We’d like more than bread instruct our hearts in thankfulness We’d like it to be more than a day teach us to trust you for our hours We’d like it yesterday or last week or better yet inherited Remind us of our need in these hours We’d like . . . → Read More: A prayer for the day Sermon Text: Mark 11:1-10, Isa 64:1,8 Full Text of Sermon It was the start of advent. The start of the season of preparing the way. With the start of a new church year we also change the gospel that we are reading. We are now reading from Mark in worship. So this sermon in . . . → Read More: Preparing the Way In some ways it feels like the passing of an era. I’ve been at St. Mark’s three years. Long enough to know some of the history. Not long enough to know the secrets. But one of the things that smaller churches typically have are “names”. I don’t mean that to put anyone else down, but . . . → Read More: Quick Notes |
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