Reflections on Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day! I am very grateful to have a father who makes it easy for me to imagine God as a loving heavenly father. I love you, Dad. This morning I found two posts from the past that I created in honor of Father’s Day and the text I preached for...
Holy Trinity Sunday
It is Trinity Sunday. Preachers respond in many different ways to this occasion. Some shy away because the Trinity is too complicated and mysterious to speak about in a short sermon. Some attempt to explain the Trinity and usually fall into some form of modalism by...
Pentecost 2026 | The Babbling of Drunken Fools
We celebrate Pentecost this week. Explore this familiar story with me. Half the crowd thought the disciples were drunk. How often does the Gospel of Jesus seem like foolishness to the world systems?
Jesus Ascends, We Carry On
We recognize the ascension of Jesus this week. Let’s see how this story is the hinge between the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.
Don’t Let Your Hearts Be Troubled!?! Seriously, Jesus?
Do not let your hearts be troubled. That’s what Jesus said to his disciples on the night that he was betrayed and arrested. How could he say that? Their world was about to be torn apart. The readings this week are troubling. The first reading tells the story of Stephen being unjustly accused, dragged outside the city and beaten to death with rocks. Peter is writing to a group of people who were being severely persecuted. The Psalmist cries out to God in a time of trial.