Category Archives: Revelation
Heaven Can Wait
The novel and film The Color Purple is the story of a woman named Celie. Celie grew up in a home without a mother; in a home where she was abused physically and sexually, eventually giving birth to two children fathered by her own dad, who then gave them up for adoption. Celie is then [...]
The Problems and Promise of Healing
Well, it ain’t much really, but here is my meditation on healing for today. Hopefully my words will be buttressed by the liturgy of healing that will follow my message, and which is the heart of the worship service for today anyway. The texts for the sermon can be found in this post. Today I [...]
A Foretaste of What Love Can and Will Do
This is my sermon for tomorrow – Thanks to everyone I stole from. I think I have given everyone credit for what I have taken. I’ve been waiting for a sermon in which I could use the Fred Craddock story about soup for some time, and this sermon feels about right for it. Special thanks [...]
Revelation 1:4b-8
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are in the presence of his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who [...]
