Sermon preached May 26, 2013
First United Methodist Church, Duluth
Texts: Proverbs 8:1-5; John 16:12-15
Many of you are familiar with the concept of the “lectionary.” The Ecumenical Lectionary is a three-year cycle of readings – Psalm, Old Testament, Gospel, and New Testament – for each Sunday of the year. It is widely used in
… View MoreSermon preached Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2013
Texts: Acts 2:1-21; Romans 8:14-17
Imagine. There is a group of people gathered together for a prayer meeting. Often such gatherings are quiet. Woosh! Suddenly there is a rush of wind. Sparks of fire, that look like tongues, dance around the room and touch each person. Voices
… View MoreSermon preached May 12, 2013, Confirmation Sunday
Texts: John 17: 20-26
It will come as no surprise, but I use music when I teach confirmation. So here is one last “confirmation teaching song” – though you also know music finds its way into many of my sermons.
… View MoreSermon preached May 5, 2013
Texts: John 14:23-29
An awakening of thought to knowledge, to presence, to being; to re-presentation, to knowledge, to the secret will that wills and intends in the intention, reversing the latter in an act of constitution. Is that the original awakening of thought? (Emmanuel Levinas, Alterity and Transcendence, 4)
… View MoreSermon preached April 28, 2013
Texts: Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35
The Rascals, A Beautiful Morning
Louis Armstrong, A Wonderful World
I love each of those songs. In listening, I am reminded of the line from the 1930s series of aphorisms – “Desiderata”: With all its sham, drudgery
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