Mark 7:1-8, 15, 21-23; James 1:22; 27; 2:14-17; September 1, 2024; Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Two church leaders, friends, once got into an argument about the purpose of the Sunday…
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Luke 10:38-42; August 25, 2024; Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Someone once said to me, “Brian, you must be interesting to live with.” Now, taken at face value, that can be…
2 Samuel 11:26-12:13; Ephesians 4:14-16; August 4, 2024; Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Yeah, I didn’t necessarily want to preach this one either. Another murky bit of scripture. But it’s a…
Ephesians 3:14-19; 2 Samuel 11:1-15; July 28, 2024; Tenth Sunday after Pentecost “Forgive me Lord, through Christ I pray, the wrong that I have done this day… that I, before…
Mark 6:14-29; July 18, 2024; Ninth Sunday after Pentecost “When terror wakes me from my dreams and shakes me through and through… “ – verse 3 of the preceding hymn,…
Mark 6:1-6; 10-12; July 14, 2024; Eighth Sunday after Pentecost This is a true story. In the year 1919, a somewhat quiet, somewhat different sort of 18-year-old boy took a…
2 Corinthians 12:6-10; July 7, 2024; Seventh Sunday after Pentecost “Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of…
Mark 5:25-34; June 30, 2024; Sixth Sunday after Pentecost This is indeed one of my favorite passages in scripture. For it is so powerful in how raw and vulnerable it…
1 Samuel 8:4-11; 16-18a; June 9, 2024; Third Sunday after Pentecost I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. LOST is one of the greatest shows ever made for…
Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Mark 2:23-3:6; June 2, 2024; Second Sunday after Pentecost “Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. For six days you…