August 2023

Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter

April 23, 2023.  Texts: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35.     Last Sunday vandals scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti on the façade of the old Temple de Hirsch Sinai on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. The timing was intentional. Monday was Holocaust Remembrance day. A similar incident happened seven years ago to the same Temple façade. Usually

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Sermon for the Resurrection of Our Lord – Easter Sunday

April 9, 2023. Texts: Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 28:1-10.   Mystery. It’s just part of Easter. Always has been, always will be. Not everyone is comfortable with mystery. Which is understandable. The root of the word means something obscure or inexplicable. And when something inexplicable happens, we might either dismiss it as fraudulent, or assume

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Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

March 26, 2023.  Texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-14; John 11:1-45.   They had no names. Bones scattered in the dry, hot, desert valley. This was the vision given to Ezekiel. The prophet narrowed his eyes, deep in thought. Their presence told a story. What did they mean to say? Scattered. Unburied. Unresting. Un-tended. These words flashed

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