In Jesus Christ you are not a lost cause! You are not damaged beyond Jesus’ ability to repair! Yes, through our sins and wickedness, we are broken beyond our own repair, but Jesus is the one who makes all things news, reconciling us to himself, restoring us to the Father. The Good News is that Jesus “wastes his time on you” because you are beloved by God. Continue reading Sermon: It-is-Well Hallelujah
John isn’t here to simply immerse people in water…he’s here as a herald of the eschaton; he baptizes in the Jordan as a proclamation that YHWH is on the move once more. Continue reading The Baptism of our Lord – Sermon
This was originally posted on my Patheos Blog, “The Liturgical Theologian” in April 2016. You can read the original post here. A friend recently shared that a young woman in his parish explained that she hates the Creed. He subsequently requested that something be written about the importance of teaching the Creed(s) to young people. … Continue reading The Need for Creed
This is a sonnet I penned for the Writer’s Guild at our church. The prompt was “Rite of Passage” and my mind immediately turned toward baptism. Enjoy! It was originally published here on my old blog, “The Liturgical Theologian.” Rite of Passage: A Sonnet A journey through water and into lightThe response of faith to … Continue reading Rite of Passage: A Sonnet
This post was first published on June 28, 2017 for my former blog, The Liturgical Theologian, on Patheos. This week marks the 20th anniversary of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. For starters, Alan Jacobs of Wheaton wrote a delightful piece on Harry Potter in 2000 and the piece was recently re-published by First Things. Anyone who … Continue reading Liturgical Muggles and Losing the Sacramental Imagination
