A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho April 2, 2017 Luke 18:31-19:10 Blindness is a popular image in scripture. The psalmist tells us: The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. And Isaiah is fond of using blindness…
An Ash Wednesday Meditation March 1, 2017 Luke 9:51-62 I’ve never preached this text before. I’m not sure if that’s because it hasn’t shown up in the other lectionary readings, or if I’ve just avoided it. In any case, I’m intrigued by it. Especially the disciples. “Lord, do you want us to command fire to…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on April 6, 2014. Ezekiel 37:1-14 John 11:17-45 Over spring break, Alden and I joined 50 other people from Boise High on a tour of Berlin, Prague, Krakow, and Budapest. One of the stops on our trip was Auschwitz-Birkenau, two Nazi concentration camps. It was…
A sermon preached March 17, 2013 at Southminster Presbyterian Church by Marci Glass. John 12:1-19 Isaiah 43:16-21 The prophet Isaiah tells us not to remember the former things, or to consider the things of old. Only new things for Isaiah! But before we look at the new things, we should notice that Isaiah doesn’t completely…
Today’s prayer prompt from Rachel Hackenberg encourages us to play with metaphor and begins with Jesus’ lament in Luke 13:34 (NRSV): “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her…
This Lent, in addition to giving up the eating of squash and drinking of mead (I kid, I kid), I am taking up the practice of daily prayer writing with Rachel Hackenberg. You can read more about it and her here. She led my most recent study leave week and I am most thankful for…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian, Boise, Idaho March 11, 2012 Exodus 20:1-17 John 2:13-22 We are a people who like lists. Here are the titles of some books I found in a bookstore: “10 Simple Steps to Lower your Cholesterol!” “10 Spiritual Steps to a Magical Life” “10 Steps to Beat Depression Now!” “Simple…
A sermon preached March 4, 2012 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. Psalm 22:23-31 Psalm 22 is arguably best known as being the source of the words Jesus chooses to say from the cross, “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” But if you can read past the crucifixion imagery in the…
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