06 Oct 2024
St. FrancisOctober 6, 2024 Genesis 1.24-31 I think it’s safe to say that we all have some kind of visceral memoryaround experiences with creation; those memories which fill us up, slow ourheart rates, and bring an overwhelming sense of peace because they evoke afeeling, a feeling of being out in nature, our in God’s world and beingentirely at rest in our surroundings. For me, so many of these kinds ofmemories are tangled up in growing up in Michigan. When I…
29 Sep 2024
19th Sunday after PentecostSeptember 29, 2024Numbers 11.4-6, 10-16, 24-29 There is a story amongst folks at my first call that is still infamous. If you were to ask any of my former youth group parents about the Maize Quest incident, they would all immediately burst out laughing and then sufficiently and wholly roast me for what was just plain foolishness on my part. So let’s set some context here, we were taking the youth group to the local corn maze.…
22 Sep 2024
18th Sunday after Pentecost September 22, 2024 Mark 9.30-37 If you were here a couple of weeks ago, you might remember thestory of Sebastian’s quick exit from Tron while we were at Disney. Well,that same day, one of my favorite moments of the trip happened. As Imentioned before, Bash was highly skeptical of any ride that could beconsidered “big.” It was his first time riding any rides like this, and so priorto any ride, the line experience would be filled with questions…
15 Sep 2024
17th Sunday after Pentecost September 15, 2024 James 3.1-12 I have started a lot of sermons a lot of different ways, but I must say, Inever expected to start one with the words of the well-known philosopher,Katy Perry. Ok, obviously I’m kidding about the philosopher part, but notabout the source of the quote I came across this week. While coveringPerry’s acceptance of the Video Vanguard award at the MTV Video MusicAwards this week, People magazine brought up several portions of…
08 Sep 2024
16th Sunday after Pentecost September 8, 2024 Mark 7.24-37 As most of you are pretty well aware of by know, you know that Icome from a long line of sports enthusiasts who are nothing if not fiercelyloyal when it comes to our teams. At my grandpa’s funeral, our pastorworked in his love of the Detroit Tigers into the sermon because she knewthat was at the core of his identity. I grew up on the baseball diamonds ofthe various leagues my…