RoboPreacher

but I don't care A sermon from the hodgepodge of Luke 5 : This is one of those passages from the Bible that you hear and think, “I’ve heard this before.”  This passage has that ring of familiarity to it, doesn’t it? Well, it sounds so familiar, because it is .  This is one of the few passages in the Bible that turns up in all four Gospels!  It’s a surprisingly rare thing for a account of Jesus’ ministry to turn up in all four gospels. And this passage does! Well, parts of it anyway… With the Gospels of Mark and Matthew, this passage tells of the drafting of the first disciples. How Jesus called Peter and his partners, to follow him. How then and there, they dropped everything and did just that.  With the Gospel of John, this passage tells about how, after a night of failure , Jesus tells Peter to cast out to some spot or another. How when Jesus’ orders are followed the result is a catch is so big, the nets can barely keep from break...

  built of living light   The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, thesecond chapter!   In today's Gospel we hear the story of the magi following the star, following their dreams, all to worship God. In light of that story, I have a few stories to tell.   The first one took place on a chilly evening in April. The days were getting longer, but they were still short. The apartment I was living in was one medium-sized room with a kitchenette and bathroom installed on opposite ends in the middle of the room, creating a tiny bedroom space and a tiny living-space. The apartment I was renting was in the basement level, or as young adults in D.C. liked to call them, "English basements." Regardless, living in the basement level made the chilly evenings even more chilly. That night, however, I was going to do something I had never done before... (PAUSE) I was going to pray for a congregation I was going to serve. Yes, I had prayed for the churches i...