Preached at a joint service of Holy Trinity Metropolitan Community Church and Augustine United Reformed Church, Edinburgh, Scotland Reading for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost: “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. A new monk arrives at the monastery and is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying copies, not the original books. So, the new monk goes
Read the rest of the series Gentle Shepherd Metropolitan Community Church, Phoenix, Ariz. Then Haw stuck his head out and peered anxiously into the maze. He thought about how he’d gotten himself into this cheeseless situation. He had believed that there may not be any
Reading for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost: James 1:19-27 This is second of a series of sermons on the book of James. You may recall the book of James was written to the Jewish Believers living outside of Israel. Many of the Jewish Believers were
Read the rest of the series Gentle Shepherd Metropolitan Community Church Phoenix, Ariz. When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front
Rabbi Harold Kushner says the words of religion are words of encouragement, not words of condemnation.1 Through James, the Lord is encouraging us to live in such a way that our faith in Jesus is a positive force in the world. James is not intended to
Read the rest of the series Gentle Shepherd Metropolitan Community Church, Phoenix, Ariz. “As time went on, Sniff and Scurry arrived early each morning inspecting the area to see if there had been any changes from the day before. One morning they discovered there was
Reading for the Second Sunday after Epiphany: John 2:3-10 Ancient Jewish weddings were different than modern weddings. People did not fly to Hawaii for a honeymoon. For about a week, the couple had an “open house.”1 During the week, the couple was treated as royalty.
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for Transfiguration Sunday (Last Sunday before Lent): 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Luke 9:28-43 When I was growing up in the Southern Baptist church, there were two words that I had never thought to put together – “church” and “calendar.”
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chatham, N.J. Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 There are miracles and then there are miracles. In this passage, the one that is the most obvious is the great catch of