This sermon was preached at the annual PRIDE Community Worship Service in Seattle on June 25, 2011. Scripture: John 8:1-11 (Visual Note: There is a pink shirt and blue breast cancer tie hanging on the front of pulpit) This is my shirt of shame. It’s
I want to start off by saying that there are no bad guys in Mark 7:1-24. The Pharisees and the lawyers that confront Jesus about the behavior of his disciples do so from the stand point of their own deep belief in God and their
When I went to seminary to prepare for the ministry I looked at all those charming young men and women and decided that if I had been God there were several of them that I wouldn’t have called to be ministers under any circumstances. Two
