Silent, In Between Time

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church December 9, 2012 Mal 3:1-4 Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 If pastors were honest about it, Zechariah is probably one of the stories we like the least. He is one of our own, a priest, serving God in the temple in Jerusalem. One priest would go in and make the…

December 13, 2009 "Brood of Vipers"

A Sermon preached at Southminster, Dec. 13, 2009 Luke 3:1-18 Zeph 3:14-20 While the gospel writers all have different ways to tell the story of Jesus, they ALL begin the story of Jesus by telling us about John the Baptist. Each year we hear about John the Baptist in the Advent readings. It makes sense—Advent…