Sermons
Sermon: 7th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 9, Year B, Mark 6:1-13
“small town boy made good!”
My high school class rarely has a class reunion. We’ve relied on the “All-Years” reunion that happens every three or so years. Downtown Excelsior, Minnesota is overtaken by graduates from Minnetonka High School. The next one is at the end of this month. At one of those all-yea...
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Sermon: 6.30.2024 Year B Proper 8
Mark 5:21-43 plus baptism
I’d like to tell you about the picture I inserted into today’s leaflet. It’s a small portion of a large mural found in the lower level of the church at Magdala, in Israel. This was just one of the stops we made as we traveled near the Sea of Galilee, when I was in Israel in Fe...
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Sermon: 6/23/2024: 5 Pentecost, Proper 7, Year B
Mark 4:35-41, Calming of the Storm
My Mom’s parents lived in a house with a great big open porch. My Dad’s parents lived in a house with a little, screened-in porch that overlooked Lake Pepin. Both were great places to be when there was a storm. If my memory is accurate, it was my maternal grandma who would enc...
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Sermon: 6/16/2024 4 Pentecost, Proper 6, Year B
Parable of the Mustard Seed
Dear Beloved people of St. James’, I am so sorry I am not able to be with you this morning. I’m thankful you are all people open to adapting and adjusting as the need arises. I promise you, here in my quarantine, I am resting and working on healing, strengthened by your prayer...
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Sermon: Mark 3 20 35
We do not have to go quietly into the night, we are no longer afraid of the dark, Jesus is our light.
I’m going to tell you something about myself that you probably don’t know. It is actually a little embarrassing. I’ve talked so much about being a child of the 60’s — peace and love. So you probably would not expect that my favorite genre of movie is disaster movies. All kinds...
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