Luke

Baptism: A Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Anointing, Holy Spirit and Calling, March 2020

At baptism I lay hands on the ones being baptized as they come up out of the water. I offer them a prayer that is […]

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 […]

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 […]

Christmas in a Time of Terror 12/19

It has been so since the beginning: Christmas in time of terror. The Christmas story in Matthew contains it: the slaughter of the innocents in […]

Peace, Goodwill to All 12/19

Peace has been our central theme this season, and now here we are at the manger. Isaiah had dreamed our future: For unto us a […]

It All Begins With a Woman and a Child

There may be few scenes in the Bible painted more often through the centuries than the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel visits Mary and […]

A Topsy-Turvy Tale on Prayer and True Spirituality 10/19

A few weeks ago I preached a sermon from Luke 16 and its two parables about our relationship with wealth. Today’s text is from Luke […]

The Rascally Manager 10/19

This story of Jesus drives accountants crazy, makes scholars squirm, makes preachers want to skip this text and move to the next. But maybe it […]

God and the Cross 8/19

I want to ponder aloud today about Christ’s death and its role in our salvation, what in theological terms is called the Doctrine of the […]