Stability in a Shifting World

[Sermon preached on Sunday, December 17, 2017 (Advent III, Year B) at Saint Paul’s Church on Lake of the Isles – Minneapolis, MN]. They asked him, ‘Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?’ Gospel of John 1:25...

The Moral Crisis of a Conversionless Christianity

[Preached on Sunday, December 10, 2017 (Advent II, Year B) at Saint Paul’s Church on Lake of the Isles – Minneapolis, MN]. A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 (NRSV) Beneath...

Praying on the Solid Rock

[Sermon preached on Sunday, December 3, 2017 (Advent 1, Year B) at Saint Paul’s Church on Lake of the Isles – Minneapolis, Minnesota] Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. Mark 13:33 (NRSV) If you are anything like me, the past several weeks...