Monthly Archives: April 2007
John 13:31-35
My paraphrase of John 13:31-35 for Easter 5C follows. As soon as [Judas] had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. And if God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once.” “Little children, I am [...]
Conversion – A Sermon for Easter 3C based on Acts 9
This was my message for today (April 29, 2007). It is based on the story of Saul’s conversion. You can the read the scripture text from Acts 9 here. I remember now the time, I can show you the place.Where the Lord saved me by his wonderful grace.But I do not know the how, and [...]
Isaiah 6:1-12
In the year King Uzziah died, I had a vision of the Lord sitting on a throne, exalted and high; the hem of his garment filled the temple. Above all this the Seraphs were in attendance: each one had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their bodies, and with [...]
Peter, Community, Forgiveness and Mission
This is an older sermon of mine that focuses primarily in John 21, though it does have a brief reference to Acts 9 and its story of Saul’s conversion. Both of today’s readings mention one of the apostles by name.Acts focuses primarily upon Paul and the powerful story of his conversion,which readily illustrates the [...]
How Much Do You Love Jesus? Show Him
A sermon based on John 21:1-19by Will Humes John, chapter twenty, which is right before our reading this morning, ends with verses 30 and 31,which read:“Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples,which are not written in this book;but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, [...]
A Quote from the Movie Ararat
Atom Egoyan’s movie Ararat tells the story of a young man whose life is changed while making a film about the Armenian genocide that took place in Turkey during 1915. This week many people are observing the Mec Ejer’n, during which this holocaust is commemorated (see my last post for more one this). As many as 1.5 million Armenians were [...]
This Week’s Links – Armenia, Vonnegut, Guns, etc. . .
Never Again, Again (from Even the Devils Believe) Today [April 24th] the beginning of the Mec Ejer’n, the Armenian Holocaust, is commemorated. A number of people around the blogosphere have posted about it, including Serge (John) and Kyle. Armenia is very close to my heart. My host family in Russia is Armenian, long-time residents of [...]
Reflections on The Red Wheel Barrow
The Red Wheel Barrow William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. A few weeks ago, the inestimable Julie of Lone Prairie Blog posted this poem in one of her “Google Gadgets.” I commented that I loved the poem, and I believe Julie said [...]
Virginia Tech Killings: Once Again, Death and Sorrow
“From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) And if this is true for the kingdom of heaven, how much more is it true for our earthly kingdoms? Words fail us in times of overwhelming grief. I have been unable [...]
The Sermon I Did Preach: Walking the Road of Disappointment
Below is the sermon I actually did preach at two of our three worship services this morning. It too is based on the Emmaus Road story in Luke. Of course, since what I actually said at the time was pretty much ad-libbed, what follows is a fleshed-out version of the message. I hope it is of [...]
