RoboPreacher

so you can see what happens next: you won't believe how good it can get A sermon on Jesus' radicalizing of theology : We chose the name Unity because it was what God has done among us . Isn’t it? God took both our congregations and made us one out of them. God did this through collaboration . And God did this through combustion , too.   But, through it all , God was with us. God was walking alongside us. God was leading us. God was uniting us. We also chose the name Unity because it’s our hope and prayer that God would continue to work unity among us, too. Isn’t it? As far as God has carried us, we all know there is still more unifying to be done. There are bonds to deepen . AND there are new friendships to form, too. Aren’t there? Plus , there’s the ardent desire that God wouldn’t just unite us with one another . We all long for this unity to grow . Don’t we? The church is not a self-satisfied, exclusive social club. Is it? No, the church, if it is true to its ince...

well, look at my face The holy Gospel according to St. Mark the 12th chapter ! As a country we’re sort of going through something of a collective hangover . Aren’t we? We’ve all become so accustomed to equating who we are with what we accomplish and accumulate that, now that we can’t as easily, we’re all a little off our game. We’re on edge . Easily agitated . And a little more downhearted than usual, too. …I know this has been true for me . The closure of gyms has caused me nearly an existential crisis! Filled me with inappropriate amount of apprehension.   Like the hoarders we’re all castigating, when I heard gyms were closing, I ran out and got pair of running shoes as quickly as I could. The first day I couldn’t go to the gym, was the day I was out there pounding the pavement. So deep is my need to equate myself with what I do. But, right on cue, as always , I came home with a limp … The whole reason I started going to the gym in t...