RoboPreacher

well, i remember that everyday, i get a little bit closer / to you A sermon on Jesus' sermon to end all sermons : Well, Jesus certainly got our attention with that one. Didn’t he? With this passage, Jesus strikes upon something we’re all deeply invested in: time . And Jesus strikes at the heart of the matter, too. Time, says Christ, is winding down . Now, on one hand, we all already know this. Don’t we? We’ve all felt the passage of time. We can all tell that time inexorably goes in one direction only . We’ve all had that uncanny experience of noticing the slippage of time in real -time! On the other hand, though , we don’t believe it. Do we? At least we don’t live like we believe it, not really. We all carry on as if time doesn’t have our number. We all live as if the present will continue indefinitely .   Of course, it goes without saying that it never does. And I’m not just talking about the certainty of change , either. I’m talking about the inevitable conclusion ...

'cause they're sure that there's more The holy Gospel according to St. Mark the 13th chapter ! Like a portent from heaven, a few weeks ago, I received a revelation from the Lord! …It came in the form of a divinely generated playlist! A celestial suggestion to listen to a Nickel Creek song… Now, I know what you’re thinking, but bear with me! Nickel Creek was a band at the forefront of the americana revival in the early aughts. And while you may not be familiar with their work, it’s less likely that you’re unfamiliar with their influence.   For instance, the sound track to the excellent Coen Brother’s film, “ O Brother, Where Art Thou .” You know, with the banjo and fiddle. That’s the americana sound.   And the band leading this revival was a group of musicians barely old enough to vote! The album that finally broke them through to a wider audience was their second, 2000, self-titled album, Nickel Creek.   But, as you’re probably not ...

the lord will rise   The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark the thirteenth chapter!   Well, the election has passed, if you even bother to remember that far back. In fact, last week, during President Obama's first press conference in the White House since the reelection, the President mentioned that it seemed like the election was quite some time ago. If you were to look at the headlines or listen to the news anchors, it would seem that many agree. In fact, jockeying to be the candidate for 2016 has, indeed, already began. The election is already old news...   It would seem the election came down to little more than a football game. In this case the democrats won, we had the post-game wrap-up, and we've moved on to other games to get worked up about and shout at our TVs. But the other things we've moved to, in a way, share a number of similarities to how the election was portrayed and experienced...   Now, we're on to focusing on the ...