A Twitter friend sent in the following article, which resonated with my experience and my own preaching style (plus some ideas I am definitely stealing). Take a read and share with the preachers in your life! Preaching Tips They Didn’t Give You in Seminary Rev. Thomas Fuerst When I gradated seminary a decade ago, I […]
Preachers should write for free
Paywalled sermons and studies are a detriment to the growth of the Body of Christ.
Trump failed the Crying Baby Test. Would You?
How one handles a crying baby is a test of whether you are preaching or performing.
Do All Faiths Go To Heaven or Just…One?
Jesus may be sneaking people into Heaven that the church is not ready to accept. Jesus may be sneaking Heaven into our world in ways we are not ready to accept.
How do we live united in diversity?
How do we decide what situations need a variety of gifts and what situations require a unity of conviction? What is the minimum required for two people to serve a meal together at a soup kitchen? A sermon on Ephesians 4:1-16.
Taking a Sabbath from Technology [sermon]
The following sermon was preached on July 21st 2013 at my local church. Here’s the audio (scripture introduction/scripture/sermon starts at 34:30, just fast-forward until you hear the nasal voice) and the text of the sermon is below. Scripture: Luke 6:6-11 Sermon This past week I was on a technology sabbath–a time of avoiding as much […]
The Kobayashi Maru Church
“It’s the Kobayashi Maru. No one passes the test and no one goes back for thirds.” ~ Bones, Star Trek (2009) The following is the last sermon I gave to my local church before I was appointed to my new parish in July. I was an Associate Pastor for Students (children, youth, young adults) and […]
Matthew 22: The King is NOT God.
The lectionary text for this week is Matthew 22:1-14 (CEB/NRSV), the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. The temptation is to do an allegorical reading, meaning that each character represents a real-life person. The king as God, the king’s son as Jesus, and the unworthy subjects who kill the king’s messengers as those who persecuted and […]
Do just one thing.
On August 19th, 1991, Boris Yeltsin stood on top of a tank and defended demoracy against a socialist coup. He credited his inspiration to reading the stories of Lech Wałęsa. Lech Wałęsa helped play a key role in inspiring Poland towards democracy. He credited his inspiration to reading the stories of Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK boycotted the […]
Baccalaureate Speech
I try to be sensitive to church-state issues, even when no one else has problems. I fretted for a while about a proper commencement scripture for my town’s High School Baccalaureate (yes, it’s a Christian-based service in my part of the world). For any others looking for Scriptures that are not expressly narrowly religious or […]
