Month: December 2018

Blue Christmas Sermon on Isaiah 40 and John 1. Proclaimed at Zion Spies Lutheran Church in Oley, PA.

Sermon on Luke 3:1–6 and Baruch 5:1–9. Proclaimed at Zion Spies Lutheran Church, Oley, PA. One night in April, I decided I was having a heart attack. The key word here is “decided.” I was perfectly fine. But, you know, there are plenty of people who think that Elvis is still alive, or that the […]

Sermon on Luke 21:25–36 and Jeremiah 33:14–16. Proclaimed at Zion Spies Lutheran Church, Oley, PA. When I was in high school, I was pretty scatter-brained. My friend Tamineh called me the “absent-minded professor.” Well, honestly, she still calls me that. She likes to tell about a chemistry experiment that turned the wrong color because I […]