Monthly Archives: August 2022

Isaiah 58:9b-14 [Watch sermon here.] Dream. Isaiah invites us to dream of the world God desires for us. Dreamily, Isaiah writes, God will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong. What do you think it means that God wants to make our bones strong? Here is aContinue reading “Let Your Imagination Run Wild”

Luke 12:49-56 [Watch sermon here.] Dead. The towering pitch pines were dead.It surprised me as I ran through the pine barrensin the Myles Standish Forest in Massachusetts. I jogged slowly. Sand cushioned my feet as I moved;sand anchored the shrubby oaks and blueberries around me,which looked black. In this oasis, pitch pines rose high likeContinue reading “Truth Ablaze”

Luke 12:32-40 [Watch sermon here.] Jesus preaches,“Make for yourselves wallets that don’t wear out—a treasure in heaven that never runs out.No thief comes near there, and no moth destroys.” There is not an occasional break-in into our soul,but a serial robbery: a constant infiltration of voicesthat burglarizes our focus and besieges us with distractions. JesusContinue reading “Subtle Splendor”

Luke 10:25-37 [Watch sermon here.] The story today seems so simple.Be empathetic.Pay attention to the human being in front of you. Why is this so hard? We run late, and we walk by everyone who is suffering.We do not know someone, and then we do not care. Why is it so hard for us toContinue reading “Encountering the Human on the Way”