Sermons from May 2026
It’s All One
As this Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, we will be moving backwards in the narrative to Acts 2, which begins “When the day of Pentecost had come…” That is my continual reminder that what we know as Pentecost is not what the disciples in the story knew as Pentecost. It was an already existing holiday celebrating the first fruit of the harvest and the receiving of the Torah, called Shavuot, and “Pentecost” is merely the Greek form of the Hebrew “Shavuot”.…
The Power to Empower
We are almost at the end of this season in the Narrative Lectionary. Just two Sundays left! This Sunday we will look into Philippians 2 and the Apostle Paul’s famous “Christ Hymn”. It’s a beautiful peace of poetry, and has massive implications on the world we live in today to the degree that I will also be “assigning” some homework! What!?!? Then next week is Pentecost Sunday and we can call this season a wrap. After Pentecost, I’m excited to…
We Are a Resurrection People
This week in worship we are in the first of two weeks in what one scholar describes as The Apostle Paul’s “happiest letter”, his letter to the Philippians. As some of you know, I’m not a huge fan of Paul’s letters, due to my own spiritual baggage. So while I resist him, it’s good that the lectionary makes me deal with him, if only for two weeks! Also, the discussions in our weekly Bible Study (Wednesdays at 4:30 in my…
The Unknown God
This Sunday in worship, we hit one of my all time favorite passages. There’s a lot about the Apostle Paul with which I struggle, but I really like Paul in this story. I’m looking forward to diving into his philosophical conversation with folks in the little town of Athens. -Pastor Paul