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July 31, 2011

The Morning After: Leah’s Rejection and Our Heritage

Sermon preached at Burke UMC, 7/30-31/2011 Text: Genesis 29:15-31 It was the morning after her...

July 24, 2011

When the Escalator Breaks Down (Jacob’s Ladder)

Sermon preached on 7/23/2011 at Burke UMC Lifesign service Text: Genesis 27-28 (Jacob's ladder with...

July 02, 2011

God Will Provide: Abraham & Isaac

I don’t know about you but if God told me to kill my oldest son...

June 2011

June 26, 2011

Dream Interrupted: God’s Call to Abram

This summer, Pastor Larry and I are doing a sermon series about the deep roots...

June 12, 2011

The Fire-Starter: Our Holy Spirit

Sermon preached on Pentecost Sunday, June 12, 2011 Text: Acts 2:1-21 Tongues of fire. It...

June 10, 2011

Motherhood: The Call to Be a Pastor

Sermon preached originally in Spanish for Dominican Mother's Day in the Iglesia Evangelica Dominicana de...

May 2011

May 21, 2011

Jesus: Cornerstone or Stumbling Block?

Sermon for 5/21/2011 Text: 1 Peter 2:1-10 At our Change the World event last weekend,...

May 16, 2011

Salt and Light

Sermon for 2/5/2011 Text: Matthew 5:13-16 My son Matthew has given each member of our...

May 16, 2011

Going All In For Jesus

Sermon for 5/14/2011 Text: Acts 2:42-47 Five years ago, I had a rock band called...

May 16, 2011

Cut to the Heart

Sermon for 5/7/2011 Text: Acts 2:22-24, 36-41 How many of y’all like the band Bon...

May 16, 2011

Waiting is our Hope — Easter on Holy Saturday

Sermon for Holy Saturday, 4/23/2011 Text: Romans 8:18-28 How many of you know the musical...

May 16, 2011

The Ridiculousness of the Donkey King

Sermon for Palm Sunday, 4/16/2011 Text: Matthew 21:1-11 So what kind of a king rides...

May 16, 2011

On the Cross but Never Abandoned

Walking in the Valley Lenten Series #4, 4/3/2011 Text: Psalm 22 When I was young...

May 16, 2011

Betrayal and Self-Righteousness

Walking in the Valley Lenten Series #3, 3/26/2011 Text: Mark 14:1-11 During my sophomore year...

May 16, 2011

Fear & the Fixed Game of Following Jesus

Walking in the Valley Lenten Series #2, 3/19/2011 Text: Mark 14:32-42 One of my favorite...

May 16, 2011

Pain and Seeing the Face of God

Walking in the Valley Lenten Series #1, 3/12/2011 Text: Psalm 42 Last week, we talked...

May 16, 2011

On the Mountaintop with Jesus

Sermon for Transfiguration Sunday, 3/5/2011 Text: Matthew 17:1-13 How many of y’all have ever climbed...

May 16, 2011

What (Not) to Worry About

Sermon for 2/27/2011 Text: Matthew 6:25-34 Not to make anyone jealous, but last weekend my...

May 16, 2011

Beatitudes (The Original Prosperity Gospel)

Sermon for 1/29/2011 Text: Matthew 5:3-12 When I was in middle school, my dad got...

May 16, 2011

A New Song

Sermon for 1/15-16/2011 Text: Psalm 40:1-11 We live in a world of competing narratives. Nothing...

May 16, 2011

The Outsider King (Christmas Eve sermon)

Sermon for Christmas Eve, 2010 So how many of you participated in some way in...

May 16, 2011

Joseph: A Different Kind of Righteous

Sermon for Advent, 12/18/2010 Text: Matthew 1:12-25 Joseph was a righteous man. The word “righteous”...

May 16, 2011

Preparing the Way of the Lord

Sermon for Advent, 12/4/2010 Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Let me just be honest. John the Baptist...

May 16, 2011

Lust, Advent, and Foucalt’s Panopticon

Seven Deadly Sins Sermon Series, 7 out of 7 --11/28/2011 Text: John 3:19-21 So what...

May 16, 2011

Greed: Where do you draw the line?

Deadly Sin Sermon Series, 5 out of 7 -- 11/13/2010 Text: Mark 10:17-22 We all...

May 16, 2011

Pride: How We Hide Our Nakedness

Deadly Sin Sermon Series, 4 out of 9 -- 11/6/2010 Texts: Genesis 3:1-13; Luke 18:9-14...

May 16, 2011

Gluttony: Consumption vs. Communion

Deadly Sin Sermon Series, 3 out of 7 -- 10/30/2010 Text: Luke 16:19-31 How many...

May 16, 2011

Sloth: Burying God’s Gifts

Deadly Sins Sermon Series, 2 out of 7 -- 10/23/2010 Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Some of...

May 16, 2011

Anger: Deadly Drug or Zeal for God

Deadly Sins Sermon Series, 1 out of 7 -- 10/16/2010 Text: selections from Jonah In...

May 16, 2011

Exile & Babylonian Bullies

Sermon for 10/9/2010 Text: Jeremiah 29:4-14 Exile. It’s a hard concept to get my head...