Program Sermon Opening This week, Lisa and I celebrated our 19th anniversary. Over the years, people have occasionally asked me how a marriage lasts, why ours works. Sometimes people assume that there is some trick, like never going to bed angry or saying “I love you” at least once a day. That may be good advice that we follow more …
John’s Church, Our Church: Love (Program and Sermon)
Program Sermon Opening In Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe, John Boswell explains the problem with translation: “Only a naïve and ill-informed optimism assumes that any word or expression in one language can be accurately rendered in another.” This is the prelude to Boswell’s discussion of love. He makes the profound point that it’s not just the language that is confusing. …
Pentecost (Program and Sermon)
For those who couldn’t be there.
Angels among Us (Sermon and Program)
Program Sermon: Says Who? Introduction So far in this series on angels, we have seen them bring news from God, both good and bad. They bring news of life and hope where there was only death and despair. They bring the two-edged sword of judgment: good for the righteous; bad for the wicked. Sometimes, they bring us news we would …
Easter Sunday (Sermon and Program)
Program Sermon: “Go Back to Galilee” A reading from the Gospel According to Mark, chapter 16, verses 1 through 8: When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought perfumed oils so that they could anoint Jesus. Very early, just after sunrise on the first day of the week, they came to the …