Sermon preached January 25, 2015
Texts: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Mark 1:14-20
Warren Zevon, “Lawyers, Guns and Money” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5Xv7QqXiM
Later in the song, as the story of this person’s troubles continues, the singer will sing, “Send lawyers, guns and money… [life] has hit the fan.” He uses a more crude term, one not appropriate for this
… View MoreSermon preached January 18, 2015
First United Methodist Church, Duluth
Texts: John 1:43-51
One of my favorite poets is the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. A few times I have mentioned how I heard him on Minnesota Public Radio in the mid-1990s, a broadcast of a 1996 reading he gave at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis as
… View MoreSermon preached January 11, 2015
Texts: Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11
Chicago, “Beginnings” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5aD6m7ub0
There is nothing like a little music to lighten a cold day. Our worship service has been filled with music and with music references. This song that I played a bit of is from the band Chicago. If you listened to
… View MoreSermon preached January 4, 2015
Texts: Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12
Arise! Shine! Your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. People shall come to your light, and to the brightness of your dawn.
Get out of bed! Wake up! Put your face in the sunlight, God’s bright glory has
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