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September 2013

September 18, 2013

The God who wants us to be family #podcast

We've been preaching a sermon series at Burke United Methodist Church called "Love actually" (titled...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Standing your ground, Jesus style #podcast

Last weekend's sermon was on 2 Timothy 4 where Paul gives Timothy advice for how...

August 22, 2013

Can tears be food? A funeral sermon with Psalm 42

I did a funeral today for a woman who was a member of our church...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

Eucharist is how Jesus makes love to His church

Hear me out; I'm not trying to be offensive. Several weeks ago, I listened to...

July 07, 2013

Eternal life is living in God’s welcome

This week's Journey to Eternity sermon is about welcome. The word welcome is one way...

July 06, 2013

My first wedding sermon

Today I officiated my first wedding for Kevin Colpitts and Mary Vafiadis, a couple who...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

Gift of the Ringbearers

This weekend I preached on the suffering servant passage in Isaiah 53. I talked about...

June 21, 2013

Eternal life is living in God’s poetry

Growing up evangelical, I had drilled into me the dichotomy between "the law" and "grace."...

June 11, 2013

Eternal life is innocence restored (Journey to Eternity #1)

There has been so much extra-Biblical speculation about the implications of the Garden of Eden...

June 09, 2013

La nueva ropa de Jesus (audio from my Dominican Republic sermon)

Yesterday I got the audio from my bilingual sermon in the Dominican Republic. I had...

June 07, 2013

Journey to Eternity: our next sermon series

Tomorrow night I will be starting a new sermon series at LifeSign called the Journey...

June 04, 2013

Pinocchio and eternal life (my second Dominican sermon of 2013)

A few weeks ago, Bruxy Cavey at the Meeting House preached a sermon using Pinocchio...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Scandal vs. Pentecost

I preached this past weekend on two songs that seem to be vying for the...

May 12, 2013

The savior who made us relevant to His mission (Acts 1:6-11)

I preached this weekend about the ascension of Christ. As I shared in a blog...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Get out of the boat! (Be bold like Peter)

This weekend we continued Burke UMC's Rewrite series on how God rewrites the lives of...

April 08, 2013

Rewrite: Abraham

We've just started a sermon series in the spirit of Easter called Rewrite in which...

March 2013

March 24, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #6: Proof of God’s Mercy

There's an elephant in the room when we talk about the cross. The cross is...

March 20, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #5: Uncursing the World

Many Christians today misunderstand the ancient Israelite practice of sacrifice. The ancient Israelites did not...

March 11, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #4: Reconciliation of Enemies

This weekend's sermon talks about how Jesus' cross turns ugliness into beauty by reconciling enemies...

March 03, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #3: The Witness of Nonviolence #podcast

The third blessing of the cross is its witness of nonviolence which has provided the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

The Son of Man, a Rave, and a Banjo

This Sunday, I preached on how Jesus' call to take up our crosses is not...

February 26, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #2: Truth to Power

For the second sermon in our LifeSign series "Ugliness Into Beauty: Six Blessings of the...

February 17, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #1: Solidarity with the Crucified

I've decided to keep my podcast going over Lent (learn how to subscribe here). This...

February 12, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty: Six Blessings of the Cross

The LifeSign alternative worship service at Burke United Methodist Church is doing a sermon series...

February 10, 2013

Relationships: Tools, Idols, and Foes or Family, Body, and Kingdom

This week's sermon concluded our post-Christmas sermon series "Spiritual Not Religious" in which we were...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Our Eternal Thirst (Psalm 42)

I'm starting a podcast of my sermon audio so this will be the first entry....

January 21, 2013

Justice as a question of piety vs. holiness

With it being Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, we preached on justice as our sermon...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

Mary's Magnificat: "His mercy is for those who fear Him"

This weekend, I preached on Mary's Magnificat (audio, Luke 1:46-55) at our church in the...

December 09, 2012

Isaiah 11: making lions into lambs (a sermon in slides)

I've decided to keep things simple. Here is the audio from this Saturday's sermon: And...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

Pleasantville Christianity vs. Kingdom Christianity

This weekend, I preached on the text of the parable of talents. My regular readers...