Archive for 2009/08


Sermon for the 13th Sun. After Pentecost, Aug. 30, 2009, “Heart Disease,” Texts: James 1:17-27, Mark 7:8, 14-15, 21-23

sermon-aug-30-2009-mp3(Audio version of the Sermon can be accessed through the drop.io website)
 
 
In the biblical tradition, the heart was the center of person’s life and emotions. The struggle between good and evil took place in the heart not in the brain. That’s why, at the end of our gospel for today, Jesus says, “For it is […]

Sermon for the 12th Sun. After Pentecost, Aug. 23, 2009, “Commitments That Shape Us” Text: John 6:56-69

sermon-aug-23-2009-mp3In a Doonesbury cartoon from a few years back, Gary Trudeau depicts the Little Church of Walden, presumably on a Sunday morning.  You remember the setting. The quaint church, looking like an Episcopal Church in some rustic front range town. In the first frame, Trudeau has “Scott” the bearded, “with-it” priest  announcing the following: “Okay, […]

Sermon for the 11th Sun. After Pentecost, Aug. 16, 2009, “You Are What You Eat,” Text: John 6:51-58

sermon-aug-16-2009-mp3-2Two years ago, with the prodding of my wife, I went to see a dietician in order to get some advice about losing weight. Up until my visit to the dietician I don’t think I ever really understood the old maxim – “you are what you eat.” I had always thought of this statement as […]