06152022 – John 12. In 1804, Thomas Jefferson had already drafted the Declaration of Independence, he had built Monticello, worked on the Louisanna Purchase, and was nearly halfway through his presidency, when he decided to take on his “one of his most ambitious projects of all” – Jefferson decided to take “a deeper look” at […]
06082022 – John 14. 8-17 Just so you know, I checked beforehand with Miss Kinga on this reference. You are going to fill in the blank. You’ve got this. I have faith in you. The year is 1965. The Album is “Out of our heads.” The group is the Rolling Stones. You guys, fill in […]
06042022 – John 14. 8 – 17 So, at long last, the Day of Pentecost has arrived. What was once “a Jewish HARVEST celebration” has now turned into the BIRTHDAY of the church. Happy Birthday, by-the-way! The season of Easter OFFICIALLY CONCLUDES today! 50 days ago, EXACTLY WE celebrated the Resurrection of Our Lord! After […]
06012022 – John 17. 20-26 It’s all about “the RELATIONSHIP,” I tell you. It NEEDS to be “MUTUAL.” It needs to be HEARTFELT. It’s kind of like a “covenant.” Especially in the Hebrew “biblical sense” of its meaning, it seems like everything is based on “the idea” of a COVENANT in the Hebrew Bible. A […]
05282022 – John 17. 20-26 (Memorial Day Weekend!) John’s gospel is “hard.” It is not “an easy” gospel to preach … In this Gospel, Jesus is praying to the Father. We “for our parts” are voyeurs. We see. We hear. We lean in, to catch his every word. We “try to listen carefully.” It […]
05212022 – John 14. 23-29 No one said coming out of a “world-wide pandemic” would be “a cakewalk” for anyone. There are still a lot of “unknowns” and a lot of “uncertainty.” The “1918 influenza pandemic” was “the most severe pandemic in recent history.” It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of “avian […]
05182022 – John 13. 31-35 I have not seen a movie in a theatre in – I do not know how long. I would be lying, if I said I did. But I do read, every day and with some additional luck, every night, as well. I do check out movie trailers online. I am […]
05142022 – John 13. 31-35 If you are in a liturgical church, your heart and your mind races back in time to HOLY WEEK. You are reminded of SPY WEDNESDAY and MAUNDY THURSDAY. You remember “that commandment to love” from there…John’s gospel. Now, during the Season of Easter we are being reminded of it again, […]
05112022 – John 10. 22-30 I am not sure “WHY” there are not more sermons on this particular promise. And, WHAT AN AWESOME PROMISE, it is! Maybe people find it “UNCOMFOTABLE.” I dunno. Maybe it puts YOUR “FAITH on the line.” “Perhaps” they DO NOT BELIEVE in “the words”…or they find it to be too […]
5072022 – John 10.22-30 Jesus was not always “Captain Obvious.” He was not always as clear as he could be. He did seem to speak in riddles. He answered questions with questions. He loved teaching in parables… He did speak philosophically from time to time. And sometimes, he did leave his audiences baffled and confused…and […]