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when everything else broke A sermon on St. Paul's (better) communion sermon : If you had to describe yourself in one word, do you think you could do it? And if not, why not? * Alright . Let’s have a little participation . Stick out your thumb. Now hold it up. But hold your thumb horizontally . Like this . Ok. Now, on the count of five , I want you to put your thumb up if you could describe yourself in one word. And conversely , I want you to put your thumb down if you don’t think you can describe yourself in one word. Got it? Ok. Here we go. On the count of five . 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! Go! *Interesting. Keep them up. Now take a look around. See what your friends said.   There. Now you have something to talk about during coffee hour or on your way home. You’re welcome. …It’s curious , though, isn’t it? On the one hand, who we are is always just sort of there for all the world to see. But on the other hand, the particulars of our personality never seem to hold still when we try and p...

i'm leaving tomorrow, babe / i'll come back from the dead a sermon the (unsatisfactory) conclusion to Jesus' sermon on the mount : Today Christ brings the Sermon on the Mount HOME. However , Christ refuses to end this sermon with a rousing finale. Instead of ending on a high note, Christ ends on a disheartening one. Instead of telling us sunny days are ahead, he speaks of the storms of life. Storms with the power to flood and beat us into pieces … Tuesday was the State of the Union Address.   I remember that night when I lived in Washington, D.C. It’s a big to-do. And I’m sure Tuesday was no exception. Truthfully, though, I don’t miss those days much.   Nonetheless, it’s fair to say that these aren’t the most unpredictable events. Although the rancor is something new . Truthfully, though, whether you watched the State of the Union or not, you know how it ended . You know how it ended because they all end the same way, with a crescendo ! President Biden’s speech end...

to the blood A sermon on Communion based on Mark 14:12-27 : Today’s Scripture begins with Jesus and the disciples concerning themselves with the sort of thing that makes up a lot of our lives, making preparations .   But , there was nothing routine about their preparations that day.   Thickheaded as the disciples could be, and they could be thickheaded. Even they knew the preparations they were making that day had a life and death significance to them.   After all, the last time they had been in the city, the chief priests, scribes, elders, Pharisees, and Sadducees had all tried to trap Jesus in what he said.   So you can bet the disciples were following all of Jesus’ directions to the “T” that day.   And while we may not be receiving any direct instructions from the Lord these days, we can all relate to how the disciples must have felt that day. Can’t we? After all, never before have all of our preparations had such life and...