Sermons from November 2024
Burned On Our Hearts
This week is traditionally known as “Christ the King Sunday.” But there’s a lot of problematic stuff in that. It’s not all bad, but in a very real way, it’s just another extension of Western European imperialism and colonialism, so I tend to downplay it a little. Ok, actually a lot. That said, what it also means is that it’s the last day in the Christian year, which means that the Sunday following, we officially hit the Advent Season! But first,…
The Answer is a Question
SCRIPTURE: Jonah 1:1-17 (NRSVUE) 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.…
Desperation Needs Company
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 17:1-16 (NRSVUE) 17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2 The word of the Lord came to him, saying, 3 “Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4 You shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5 So he went and…