A sermon preached Dec 27, 2015 Mark 1:1-20 It feels a little weird, doesn’t it, to jump from a baby in a manger to a grown man being baptized in the Jordan by John and calling his disciples? I don’t know. I guess sometimes life feels like that. My children are no longer small babies…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho Dec 7, 2014 Mark 1:1-8 Isaiah 40: 1-11 Prophets both attract and repel me in equal measure. I am confident that I would not want to invite John the Baptist over for dinner, for example. His decision to dress like the prophet Elijah, in a…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church Jan 15, 2012 for Baptism of the Lord Gen 1:1-4 Mark 1:4-13 The Christian New Year didn’t begin on January 1. We began our liturgical New Year on the first Sunday of Advent, right after Thanksgiving. Our year begins in preparation for Jesus’ birth and Christ’s return. After…
Glass Overflowing 