Prophetic Belonging

Prophetic Belonging

by | Jan 8, 2023 | sermons

Scripture reading: Matthew 3.13-17 One of my earliest memories was sometime when I was still pre-school age, I believe.  This is how I remember it: I was with two of my sisters in a Sunday School class in the big Lutheran Church in my hometown.  It was being taught by...
Inseparable from Love

Inseparable from Love

by | Jan 12, 2020 | sermons

Matthew 3:13-17 Listen here: The closest thing to the baptism of Jesus I’ve been a part of was the first baptism I ever officiated. It was exquisite and awful, all at the same time. It happened in the middle of the night in the neo-natal intensive care unit in a...
You are “a part of the holiness”

You are “a part of the holiness”

by | Jan 20, 2019 | sermons

  [See the full service bulletin of liturgy made from Mary Oliver poems here.] Before I knew how to read the bible without hurting myself, much of my scripture was from Mary Oliver. I could read her and enter the realms of the holy without any struggle. I know...