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When God Forgets

Sermon on Isaiah 35 and Mark 7. Proclaimed at Hope Lutheran Church, Bowers, PA. I remember the moment that I knew I was going to get fired from my old job. Before I went to seminary, I worked as a systems administrator for a sizable corporation down in Reading. With about a dozen other people, […]

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When We Forget

Sermon on Deuteronomy 4 and Mark 7. Proclaimed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Wernersville, PA. The Conservative movement of Judaism is characterized by a willingness to live in the real modern world, but also a drive to take seriously the traditions and witnesses of Judaism’s history, like the Talmud and Midrash, and especially the Bible. So […]