Sermons from Lyndale
Awaiting the (Re)birth of Love: Persistent Love
The God of the manger takes power very, very seriously but claims the vulnerability of a newborn as more powerful than the oppression of Empire. The God whose birth is foretold by homeless, outdoor laborer shepherds, understands that the authenticity of truth spoken to power-over is the real power. The God whose Incarnation happened not in the King’s palace, or the Trump Tower of Jerusalem, but in a barn in a backwater, bread-making town embodies the reality that true power is collective and liberative and life-giving.
Awaiting the (Re)Birth of Love: Resilient Hope
The yearning, the longing, the waiting for love to be born amidst a world that seems to have gone mad…. The persistent search for hope amidst the madness and waiting… it all seems to have been written for this moment.
Dwelling in Gratitude
This week was Thanksgiving, that insanely complicated holiday week when we struggle to hold together the joy of gratitude with the history of American genocide, the complexity of family gatherings and the onslaught of consumer Christmas.