>Below is the first in a new summer sermon series at RUMC entitled: "Creo / I believe: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters" that will walk through the clauses of the Apostles' Creed. The lectionary complied for this series can be found here, in a previous blog post.--------------------------Today is Trinity Sunday, so it is … Continue reading Sermon Blogging: “More than a Perfunctory Kiss”
>For the second summer in a row, I am departing from the lectionary to preach a sermon series. To continue to give my congregation a balanced diet of Scripture, I have discovered that one of the great joys of doing this is in creating a lectionary to follow the theme of the series. I especially … Continue reading Preaching in Ordinary Time
>Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter, 2009.http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf
>So I am wondering if it might be better for me to spend money sending my oldest to school with Stephen Colbert, at least for her undergrad course in New Testament. My daughter was actually home for Easter weekend, so we got to watch this together on TV. I just had to post it again … Continue reading Dr. Stephen Colbert, Professor of New Testament at the Colbert Report
>OK, so enough people have asked me about church emails they have received from RUMC or Monday Meditations that I have decided to tell you about the service we use and why. Is this a shameless advertisement? No, but if anyone wants to try using this email service, I would ask you to use the … Continue reading Church Email Made Easy
>One of the best articles I have ever read on fasting and feasting. If you need some inspiration for those Lenten disciples, I highly recommend reading this (click picture to go directly to article): FIRST THINGS: On the Square » Blog Archive » Keep the Fast, Keep the Feast via kwout
>To this post by Bishop Willimon on clergy education indebtedness, I can only say "amen." When I stood before the NC Conference and was asked the historic question: "Are you in debt so as to embarrass you in your work (?)," I said "yes (!)" - loudly - half hoping that someone would stop me … Continue reading Clergy Education Indebtedness
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