Archives: Sermons

March 6, 2022

March 2, 2022
In chemistry, if you want to change something, you add a reagent. A reagent is a transformational element that causes a reaction so that everything is completely changed. Scientifically described, that’s the spiritual transformation

February 27, 2022

February 20, 2022
To appreciate this passage, you have to know the full story. Here it is: Abraham begat Isaac, who begat Jacob, who begat twelve sons, including young Joseph. Joseph was handsome and spoiled. Joseph got

February 13, 2022
Practice, presence, and path. In all of Indiana basketball history, the purest shooter was certainly Rick Mount. Mount played for Purdue in the 1960s. He had perfect form. I got to see Mount play,

February 6, 2022
While I can’t vouch for him morally, Woody Allen’s new movie Rifkin’s Festival is pretty good. The title character Rifkin is an aging film director. Once beloved, Rifkin’s serious, “important” films are increasingly overlooked.

January 30, 2022

January 23, 2022

January 16, 2022
We know the Holy Spirit, is here. By the Holy Spirit, God speaks to us through scripture, sacrament, and sermon – no matter how bad the preaching is. We know what Jesus teaches us,

January 9, 2022
“You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Jesus, no doubt, needed to hear that. He’d heard good things about himself from his family, and he’d probably heard not-so-good things