July 18, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 18:1-6 Thanks so much to Ashley for sharing her passion. She and Ginny share a similar commitment to the Reggio Emilia philosophy of education and you will get a chance to hear from Ginny next Sunday! (And Allison the following Sunday). It is so exciting for me to be … [Read more…]
July 11, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 9:33-37 Some time ago now, I sat down and began to reflect on some focal points that I thought were emerging here at St. John’s and that deserved some attention. One is the needs of the children both already in our congregation and also those who are just on … [Read more…]
July 4, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 146 Today is the 4th of July with all the usual celebrations only slightly muted by the pandemic. It is all rooted in our struggle for independence from Great Britain. To refresh my memory, I decided to take a look at that Declaration of 1776, which started it all: … [Read more…]
June 20, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Ezra 1:1-5, 3:10-13 When I say I’m doing a sermon series on my vision about where St John’s is heading, it is as much or more about what I notice about the directions we are already moving as it is about where I think we SHOULD go and aren’t. Last … [Read more…]
June 13, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 3:14-21 These days, we are all quite familiar with the concept of communicating wirelessly and I assume, for the most part, we do that without understanding much about how it works – but, we expect it to work! MODERN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION I was almost 1000 miles from here last … [Read more…]
June 6, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 138 A funny thing happened on the way to preparing this sermon on the triumphs and tangles of Beloved Community. My almost-76 year old sister called to say that her boyfriend had asked her to marry him and she had said “yes” and would I do the wedding on … [Read more…]
Date: May 30, 2021 Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 A few weeks ago, I sat down to consider what issues/facets of our life together at St. John’s were of most importance to me right now. I named 10 things. Mary Ann put each in a colored bubble, like balloon, and attached them to a middle bubble which … [Read more…]