RoboPreacher

& when the tide comes in / just let them bleed  / & wash it out, wash it out A sermon on the (not-so) strange account of Noah's ark : Boy, this is a strange passage. Isn’t it?   However , has there ever been a time when THIS wild passage seemed so darned , I don’t know, ordinary ? What I mean is, haven’t these last few years of Covid brought this passage a little too close for comfort? Hasn’t it? After all, who hasn’t felt overwhelmed by the torrent of this rotten pandemic? Who hasn’t felt as if you were drowning in all the information, misinformation, procedures, and protests of this miserable virus? And who among us hasn’t felt flooded with grief, anger, confusion, fatigue, and fear as we tried to navigate these choppy waters of life in the time Covid ? All of us, I bet.   No, if ever there was a time this passage made sense, it’s now . Unfortunately , today’s passage rings with an uncomfortable truth these days. Doesn’t it? … But the unwelcome T...

come in, she said i'll give ya shelter from the storm A reading from excerpts from The Flood Saga : Like many Bible stories, this one is misnamed. The story of the flood, isn’t about “The Flood.” It’s about God’s provision .   I know that’s not the way this scripture seems at first reading. At passing glance, most of us just take away the shock that God would let something like this happen.   BUT, read this story carefully . See what garners more time and more attention…   Because it isn’t God planning the calamity. No, that just occupies a few sentences. What gets much more time and attention are the pains God takes to plan for creation’s survival . This story is a familiar one in scripture; it’s about the lengths God will take to save creation.   And there’s plenty of details to back this assertion up.   For instance, what kind of words used to describe God in this harrowing scene? They’re not words like anger, judg...