Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
Micah 5:2-4 and 6:1-8 Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time November 9, 2014 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Listen to the Sermon. Our long national nightmare is over. I’m talking about the conclusion of the 2014 midterm elections. For several months we have seen endless commercials on television, our mailboxes stuffed with campaign mailings, our... Continue Reading →
The story of David and Bathsheba is the Bible’s own political thriller. It has everything: powerful men, sexual affairs, murder and cover ups. Before there was Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, there was David and Bathsheba.
Exodus 20:1-20 Twenty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time October 5, 2014 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Listen to the Sermon I get my hometown newspaper, the Flint Journal via email daily. Like a lot of newspapers, the Journal prints a physical copy only four days a week, so a lot of what they do is... Continue Reading →
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time September 28, 2014 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Listen to the Sermon. Where have you seen God today? Last year, in the midst of getting my parents moved to their apartment, Daniel and I took a mini vacation around places in Michigan and Ohio. We stopped at the Henry... Continue Reading →
Genesis 39:1-23 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 21, 2014 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Listen to the Sermon. Before we go into today’s text, some backstory. Joseph was the son of Jacob who happened to be the grandson of Abraham. He was the youngest of Jacob’s sons. Being an only child, I’ve never totally... Continue Reading →
Genesis 12:1-9 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Listen to this sermon. When I was a kid growing up in Michigan, I loved when we went on vacation. We almost always drove to where we were going: Ohio to some of the amusement parks, Northern Michigan or Louisiana to visit my... Continue Reading →
The story of our youth is not a nice sweet story. It’s a disturbing story. God judges creation and the body count is more than any Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
Matthew 16:13-20 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 24, 2014 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN I’ve always had an interest in superheroes. Which is kind of odd, because I tend not to buy comic books or as they are now called, graphic novels. I know friends that have boxes of comics from years past, but that’s... Continue Reading →
Genesis 45:1-15 and Matthew 15:10-28 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 17, 2014 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN How is your heart today? You could answer that in two ways. The first way is probably literal. How are you doing healthwise? Are you eating right? Are you getting enough sleep? As a... Continue Reading →
As much as I hated swimming in the deep end, I had to learn this skill. I had to learn this because the reality is that we will spend a good majority of our time in waters that can be very deep. We have to stop clinging to the pool floor and step out in faith.
The Clockwork Pastor 