A sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B 2 Samuel 11:1-15 David sinned. Scripture leaves no question in our mind. King David sinned. It’s springtime in the story from 2 Samuel we heard this morning. Apparently spring is the favorite time of year for kings to wage war on each other, who knew? Springtime, as we know from poetry, is also a time when men’s thoughts turn to love as well. David has sent his army away to fight the Ammonites, but he remains behind in Jerusalem. Can trouble be far off? Up to this point in the … Continue reading When a King Sins

A sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B Ephesians 2:11-22 In the days following the tragic killings at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, something remarkable happened that you may not have heard about. Dylan Roof, the young man … Continue reading A Story of Two Christs