Isaiah

Comfort in the Storm

In today’s Grace Note, I want to talk about Comfort in the Storm I am thinking these days about what kind of comfort we […]

When Peace Blooms, When the Kingdom Comes 12/19

Today’s vision of peace from the prophet is of a desert in bloom, a perfect text for the third Sunday in Advent, Joy Sunday: The […]

The Way of Peace 12/19

Peace, Peace, Peace. Just as there are many forms of light, soft light brilliant light, early morning light and last light before evening, so there […]

Living God’s Dream of Peace 12/19

“Peace, Peace, Peace” is the theme of this year’s Advent season. In Isaiah’s vision of the coming Messiah he wrote—and I can almost hear Handel’s […]

God-Language: The Color of Water; Or, Language that is Reverent, Emancipatory and Inclusive. 7/19

Today’s sermon is about the language we use when we imagine God and talk about God. How can our language about God deepen our […]

What Turned a Respectable Congregation into a Lynch Mob? 1/19

As Luke tells the story of the ministry of Jesus he begins with his baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist. As Jesus […]

Jesus the Stranger

Only the Jesus who is other, different, intriguing, frustrating, fascinating can change what one really is. A Jesus who is like the self only reinforces […]