In this sermon the preacher, an admitted “transfiguration junkie”, comes to a new conclusion about the importance of Transfiguration for the Christian life. A recent conversation with a friend challenges the way the preacher preaches and the hearer hears.
Now, more than ever, we need to hear the message of the angels who come to shepherd vulnerable people like you and me who wonder, “Is the world we live in capable of being saved (salvaged)?” We are worried about fiscal cliffs, secure homes and schools, and losing freedoms. Is there a word from God that […]
Today on this Christ the King Sunday we have a very telling Gospel lesson. For while we are celebrating the fact that Jesus rules our lives this day, we hear the story of how he is on trial before Pilate. This is not the position that one would ever see a king in. A king […]
Using the combined images of abundant life and the good shepherd’s mission, this sermon invites the hearer to not be “afraid to death” but “live to death.” The sermon expands the lectionary text by one verse. Adding “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”