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Baptism: Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Turning and Washing, March 2020

Today we explore two more meanings of Baptism as a living symbol of the Christian life: Turning and Washing. These were the elemental meanings of […]

Baptism: Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Following Jesus and Being the Beloved, March 2020

This season, Lent to Easter, let’s ponder Baptism as a living symbol of the Christian life. It is, in my mind, the most complete and […]

Christian Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism

(These words were prepared for and spoken to Congregation Emanuel, Statesville, North Carolina in January 2020.) I have said in mixed company of Jews and […]

How Else but Through a Broken Heart? Ash Wednesday, 2020

Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and playwriter, harldly known for his Christian faith, who spent two years in prison for being a homosexual wrote these […]

Transfiguration: Jesus’, Ours, The World’s. Feb.2020

Today is Transfiguration Sunday! This text is preached all over the world on this last Sunday of the season of Epiphany and the Sunday before […]

In Praise of Praise; or, What did They Sing as They Went Out? Feb.2020

The choir has led us in praise, proclaimed praise—and helped us offer our own. The writer Andre Dubus has a character in a short story […]

Salt and Light: Being Different for Jesus’ Sake and the Kingdom’s Feb.2020

In a paraphrase of Jesus’ saying, Flannery O’Connor wrote: “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.” The last thing I […]

Following Jesus, Now! Jan.2020

It seems harder and harder to define what a Christian is today, especially as it pertains to belonging to the institutional church. Someone described what […]

Joys and Sorrows; A Cello Sermon, Jan.2020

The audio version of this Sermon is available on the YouTube channel of Grace Baptist Church Thanks, respect and affection to Adrian Martinez, who in […]

Naming and Being Named, Jan.2020

This passage is about something sacred: naming and being named. That is, naming Jesus and being named by him. There is something holy about a […]

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