Category Archives: Sermon

Baptism of the Lord Matthew 3:12-17 All her life, my friend Laura had dreamed of being a doctor, like her parents. In her senior year of college, she had many med school applications to complete and essays to write. This was back in the days before unified applications — or even the internet — and each one had to be done individually. The essay question for Case-Western was, “What is the most important thing you learned in college?” What is THE most Important thing you learned in college. Ridiculous. Laura […]

Epiphany Matthew 2:1-12 We celebrated New Year’s Eve last week. Does anyone have a New Year’s resolution? We are all familiar with the usual ones: eat better, get control of our finances, spend more quality time with people we love … I always have one resolution. It’s a wish, really. A prayer. I hope to be a better disciple. To live more fully into a Christ-like person. Please don’t roll your eyes and think I am sanctimonious. “Of course the pastor says she wants to be more God-like. Why can’t […]