RoboPreacher

all that war left within it A sermon on St. Paul's divinely inspired retreat : What did it take for you to get here today? It’s a bit of an odd question, I know. After all, it’s pretty self -evident. I mean, here you are. But I want to ask nonetheless. What did it take for you to get here today? Maybe you didn’t give it much thought. Maybe coming to church on Sunday is so routine you barely have to think about it. Or maybe it took a lot of thought for you to get here today! Maybe your life has recently been upended . Maybe all your old routines are out the window. Maybe life has you back to the drawing board, and it’s not so easy to get around right now.   Or maybe you’re in one of those times of life when it’s not so simple to get anywhere anymore. Maybe you don’t move as fast as you used to. Or maybe the person you came with isn’t moving as fast as they used to. Or maybe you’re just in that stage when hauling your family from point A to point B takes time. That’s just t...

the bars from heaven's high portals fell A sermon on Peter's sermon in action : The last time we had this passage was four years ago. Does anyone remember what life was like four years ago? Do you remember the year 2020 ? Do you want to? Yeah, me neither. Anyway, back in 2020 , when the Novel Coronavirus had brought the world to a halt , this passage practically preached itself ! Suddenly, it wasn’t so hard for mobile , can- do people like us to relate to the man crippled from birth. Was it? We knew what it was like not to be able to enter the temple. Didn’t we? Now, though, we’re back to business as usual. Nothing is stopping us from going where we want when we want. Unsurprisingly , this passage has now become a little more difficult for us to relate to. Suddenly, this episode has become foreign and inapplicable to us .   In fact, I suspect if we have any point of contact with today’s Scripture, it’s not the man crippled from birth. Is it? No, now we’re relating to P...

listen clearly, you don't have to try A sermon for when everything ends but nothing changes : I have a confession : I’ve been looking forward to today . For me, today is the culmination of   Easter. And Easter isn’t even over yet! How lucky are we?!? We are, of all people, most blessed . As you know, today is colloquially known as “ low Sunday.” And the reason for that is obvious enough today: gone are the Easter crowds ! In fact, absent are even the most regular of worshippers today . Only the church rats turn up on the Sunday after Easter or Christmas. And for all I know, some of you are only here today because you have to be! Maybe you’re a counter or deacon .   But you know what? I like Sundays like this . I admit it; I’m a bit of a church rat myself . In a way, this makes me less than an ideal pastor. I’m probably a bit too ambiguous about the crowds . I think I get a little too much of a charge from the humble gatherings where the only people who turn up are th...