Sermons

The record of scripture on the Resurrection is so complex and raises so many questions that perhaps the best way to approach it is not through the scriptures that speak of his Resurrection, but rather with the scriptures that speak of his death...

We all have places in our lives where things have fallen apart; we all have “valleys” in which are scattered many “bones,” and...the process of letting go and allowing God to control our experience is not always easy...

If on the Fourth Sunday of Advent and then again at Christmas we usually hear about Mary, this year we hear about Joseph. And while there is much we could say about Joseph, the lectionary, by the passages it places alongside today’s reading from Matthew, wants us to see something else.

Whether you like to watch Duck Dynasty or Downton Abbey, whether your television tastes are Ozark or Outer Banks, whether you like Star Trek or Star Wars, we all like a sequel; we all like to know what happens next...

For some the answer is simple: because any act of sexual relations outside marriage is intrinsically wrong, what she did was wrong. For others, the case is not so straightforward...