(Sermon for Sunday, September 30, 2012 || Proper 21B || Mark 9:38-50 ) The floor of the ancient structure splits open, revealing a gaping chasm. Nazi sympathizer Elsa, the treacherous blonde bombshell, who earlier in the film skewers the heart of our hero Indiana Jones, falls in, only to be caught at the last second … Continue reading »
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The circle and the line
(Sermon for September 20, 2009 || Proper 20, Year B, RCL || Mark 9:30-37) Every day of my fourth grade year, my class lined up at the end of recess to go back inside. The bell rang, and we raced to our spots in the queue. But the race was in vain because no matter … Continue reading »
Horizons
(Sermon for February 22, 2009 || Last Epiphany, Year B, RCL || Mark 9:2-9) Imagine you are strolling down a pier on the cold, rocky coast of Massachusetts. You stop, lean your elbows on a metal railing, and look out at the vastness of the ocean before you. You can feel the impatient energy of … Continue reading »
