A sermon for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost (Isaiah 5:1-7, Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2, Luke 12:49-56)   In one of those moments I can’t quite forget, I flash back to some of the media coverage surrounding the Oklahoma City bombing.  A woman who had lost both of her elderly parents in the blast was being interviewed just a day or two after that city was changed forever.  She told the reporter, “Well, if God saw fit to take my parents home this way…”  I’m not quite sure I heard the rest of the interview. I remember thinking out loud, as … Continue reading Clouds of witnesses in storms of doubt

A sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost (Psalm 49; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21) I’m sure you’ve seen them, either in person or in an ad – a new innovation in personal storage, PODS.  The company will deliver to your door a container that is 8 x 8 x 12 that you can load up from the comfort and ease of your own home on your own schedule and then arrange to have it picked up.  Then they will whisk it away to their storage facility where it will be well cared for.  One of their slogans is: “Store your … Continue reading Changing our minds, emptying our closets