Sermons in chronological order

Year B, 1999-2000

Numbers 21:4-9 & John 3:14-21; 2 Apr 00 (4 Lent); "Nehushtan"

Mark 11:1-11; 16 Apr 00 (Palm Sunday); "The Mob Rules"

Mark 16:1-8; 23 Apr 00 (Easter); "What Kind of Ending is That?"

Psalm 1; 5 Jun 00 (7 Easter/Ascension Sunday); "The Two Paths"

Ezekiel 37:1-14; 11 Jun 00 (Pentecost); "We are not Dead"

Romans 8:12-17; 18 Jun 00 (Trinity Sunday); "All in the Family"

Psalm 133; 25 Jun 00; "Can We Talk?"

2 Samuel 11:26-12:14; 6 Aug 00; "Give It to Me Straight"

2 Samuel 18:5-15, 31-33; 13 Aug 00; "Absalom!"

John 6:51-58; 20 Aug 00; "I'm No Vampire!"

Psalm 84; 27 Aug 00; "Pilgrims"

Esther 7 & 9:20-22; 1 Oct 00 (World Communion Sunday); "The Wearing of Masks"

Psalm 22:1-15; 15 Oct 00; "From Jamestown to Jerusalem"

Year C, 2000-01

Micah 5:1-6; 24 Dec 00 (4 Advent/Christmas Eve); "House of Bread, House of Life"

Matthew 2:1-12; 31 Dec 00 (Epiphany Sunday/New Year's Eve); "Let There Be Light"

Luke 3:15-22; 7 Jan 01 (Baptism of the Lord); "Through the Water, through the Fire"

1 Corinthians 12:1-11; 14 Jan 01; "For the Common Good"

1 Corinthians 12:12-31; 21 Jan 01; "We Have to Want It"

1 Corinthians 13; 28 Jan 01; "John Doe is Patient, Jane Doe is Kind..."

Isaiah 55:1-9; 18 Mar 01 (3 Lent); "Two Kinds of Thoughts"

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32; 25 Mar 01 (4 Lent); "The Gospel Within the Gospel"

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 & Luke 19:29-40; 8 Apr 01 (Palm Sunday); "Stones of All Kinds"

John 20:1-18; 15 Apr 01 (Easter); "Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles"

Acts 9:36-43; 6 May 01 (4 Easter); "Dead No More"

John 14:22-29; 20 May 01 (6 Easter); "What Has Happened?"

Acts 1:1-11; 27 May 01 (7 Easter/Ascension Sunday); "He Ascended into Heaven"

Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20; 1 Jul 01; "1976 Plus 25"

2 Kings 5:1-14; 8 Jul 01; "According to the Word"

Amos 7:7-17; 15 Jul 01; "The Man Who Saw Too Much"

Luke 10:38-42; 22 Jul 01; "Choose the Better Part"

Luke 11:1-13; 29 Jul 01; "Thinking About Worship, Part 3"

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; 2 Sep 01; "Remember"

Philemon; 9 Sep 01; "The Koinonia of Philemon"

1 Timothy 1:12-17; 16 Sep 01; "The Biggest and the Baddest"

Luke 16:1-13; 23 Sep 01; "True Riches"

Jeremiah 32:1-15; 30 Sep 01; "Bad News and Good News"

Lamentations 1:1-6 & Luke 17:5-10; 7 Oct 01 (World Communion Sunday); "To Laugh Again"

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-9; 14 Oct 01; "Message for the Exiles"

Luke 18:1-8; 21 Oct 01; "Don't Lose Heart"

Year A, 2001-02

Matthew 1:18-25; 23 Dec 01 (4 Advent); "He was Adopted"

Ephesians 3:1-13; 6 Jan 02 (Epiphany); "Through the Church"

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; 13 Feb 02 (Ash Wednesday); "When You Don't Know Where to Turn"

Romans 5:1-11; 3 Mar 02 (3 Lent); "Suffering Equals Hope?"

Psalm 130; 17 Mar 02 (5 Lent/St. Patrick's Day); "St. Patrick Out of the Depths"

Matthew 21:1-11, 26:14-16; 24 Mar 02 (Palm Sunday); "Judas Would Help Jesus"

Psalm 16; 7 Apr 02 (2 Easter); "They Multiply Their Sorrows"

Acts 17:16-34; 5 May 02 (6 Easter); "Something New at the Hill of Mars"

John 17:1-11; 12 May 02 (7 Easter/Ascension Sunday); "What is the Meaning of Life?"

Psalm 104:24-35 & Acts 2:1-21; 19 May 02 (Pentecost); "Hungry for a Vision"

2 Corinthians 13:11-13; 26 May 02 (Trinity Sunday); "A Trilogy of Blessing"

Genesis 21:8-21; 16 Jun 02; "What Kind of Father is That?"

Hosea 1:1-2:1; 7 Jul 02; "How Can I Give You Up?"

Jonah 3:10-4:11; 14 Jul 02; "Give Me a Sign, Jonah"

Zephaniah 1:7-18; 21 Jul 02; "One of These Days"

Malachi 2:17-3:2, 8-12; 28 Jul 02; "Don't Blame the Messenger"

Psalm 120; 4 Aug 02; "I See the Faces"

Psalm 122; 11 Aug 02; "Built for Worship"

Psalm 131 & Matthew 15:21-28; 18 Aug 02; "Content as a Child"

Psalm 132:1-5, 13-18; 25 Aug 02; "Free to Obey"

Exodus 20:1-17; 6 Oct 02 (World Communion Sunday); "It's a Way of Life"

Philippians 4:1-9; 13 Oct 02; "Just Do It"

Matthew 22:1-14; 20 Oct 02; "RSVP"

Year B, 2002-03

Mark 1:1-8; 8 Dec 02 (2 Advent); "On Your Mark"

Ephesians 1:3-14; 5 Jan 03 (Epiphany Sunday); "Called to Shine"

Acts 19:1-7; 12 Jan 03 (Baptism of the Lord); "Wait!  There's More!"

1 Corinthians 7:29-31; 26 Jan 03; "A Time to End, a Time to Begin"

2 Corinthians 4:3-7; 2 Mar 03 (Transfiguration); "Light"

Mark 8:31-9:1; 16 Mar 03 (2 Lent); "You're the Best!  So What?"

John 20:19-31; 27 Apr 03 (2 Easter); "See the Wounds"

Luke 24:36-48; 4 May 03 (3 Easter); "Not a Ghost of a Chance"

1 John 3:16-24; 11 May 03 (4 Easter); "Love" (Part 1)

John 16:29-33 & 1 John 4:7-12, 17-21; 18 May 03 (5 Easter); "Love" (Part 2)

Job 3:1-10 & Psalm 139:11-12; 6 Jul 03; "Darkness"

Genesis 2:1-3 & Exodus 20:8-11 & Ephesians 5:8-16; 13 Jul 03; "Time"

Psalm 14 & John 6:1-9; 27 Jul 03; "Imagination"

2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a & Acts 16:11-15; 3 Aug 03; "Availability"

Ephesians 4:25-5:2; 10 Aug 03; "To Be Spiritually Formed:  In a Distant Land"

Mark 7:31-37; 7 Sep 03; "Ephphatha"

Proverbs 1:20-33; 14 Sep 03; "Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly"

Job 1:1, 2:1-13; 5 Oct 03 (World Communion Sunday); "The Legend of Job"

Job 23:1-9, 16-17; 12 Oct 03; "Blame the Victim"

Job 38:1-7 & 42:1-9; 19 Oct 03; "Now My Eye Sees You"

Revelation 21:1-8; 2 Nov 03 (All Saints' Sunday); "I Believe in the Communion of Saints"

Year C, 2003-04

Luke 21:25-36; 30 Nov 03 (1 Advent); "The Sky is Falling"

Luke 3:7-18; 14 Dec 03 (3 Advent); "What Then Must We Do?"

Luke 1:39-45; 21 Dec 03 (4 Advent); "Are We There Yet?"

Luke 2:41-52; 28 Dec 03 (1 Christmas); "Where's Jesus?"

Psalm 147:12-20 & John 1:1-18; 4 Jan 04 (Epiphany Sunday); "Words"

Psalm 29; 11 Jan 04 (Baptism of the Lord); "Waters"

Psalm 36 & John 2:1-11; 18 Jan 04; "What Inspires You?"

1 Corinthians 15:1-11; 8 Feb 04; "Life after Death"

Exodus 34:29-35; 22 Feb 04 (Transfiguration); "May Our Faces Shine"

Philippians 3:17-4:1; 7 Mar 04 (2 Lent); "Some Stuff I Know Nothing About"

Luke 13:1-9; 14 Mar 04 (3 Lent); "Why Do I Take Up Space?"

Psalm 32; 21 Mar 04 (4 Lent); "The Joy of Starting Over"

Psalm 126; 28 Mar 04 (5 Lent); "A Reversal of Fortunes"

John 13:31-35; 8 Apr 04 (Maundy Thursday); "Why This is Maundy Thursday"

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 & Revelation 7:9-17; 2 May 04 (4 Easter); "Caught Up with the Rapture"

Revelation 13; 9 May 04 (5 Easter); "Do We Worship the Beast?"

Revelation 21:1-8; 16 May 04 (6 Easter); "See the New City"

Revelation 22:12-21; 23 May 04 (7 Easter/Ascension Sun); "Come, Make Our False into Your True"

Luke 20:20-26; 4 Jul 04; "Some Theological Reflections of One American"

Amos 7:7-17 & Luke 10:25-37; 11 Jul 04; "Reforming Our Faith, part 1 (Have You Been Served?)"

Amos 8:1-12 & Luke 10:38-42; 18 Jul 04; "Reforming Our Faith, part 2 (It's Us, Not What We Do)"

Luke 11:1-13; 25 Jul 04; "Reforming Our Faith, part 3 (Stuff)"

Hosea 11:1-11 & Luke 12:13-21; 1 Aug 04; "Reforming Our Faith, part 4 (Money Money Money)"

Jeremiah 18:1-11 & Luke 14:25-33; 5 Sep 04; "A Little Bit of Extremism"

Jeremiah 20:7-18; 12 Sep 04; "I Love You Lord, but I'm Mad at You"

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1; 19 Sep 04; "Summer's Almost Gone"

Jeremiah 45; 26 Sep 04; "Pity Party"

Lamentations 1:1-3, 2:1-5; 3 Oct 04 (World Communion Sunday); "Is There Time for Pain?"

Lamentations 3:1-3, 19-26, 5:19-22; 10 Oct 04; "Our Song"

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; 17 Oct 04; "The Word of the Lord"

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; 24 Oct 04; "Fearless"

Year A, 2004-05

Romans 15:4-13, 5 Dec 04 (2 Advent); "Hope and Harmony"

James 5:7-10; 12 Dec 04 (3 Advent); "Patience and Presence"

Acts 6:8-11, 7:55-60; 26 Dec 04 (1 Christmas); "Martyr for a Good King"

1 Corinthians 1:10-18; 23 Jan 05; “Red, Blue, and Purple”

Matthew 5:1-12; 30 Jan 05; "The Good Life"

Exodus 24:9-18 & Matthew 17:1-9; 6 Feb 05 (Transfiguration); "Remain in Light"

Genesis 12:1-4; 20 Feb 05 (2 Lent); "Continuing the Journey"

Exodus 17:1-7; 27 Feb 05 (3 Lent); "Grumbling"

1 Samuel 16:1-13; 6 Mar 05 (4 Lent); "In the Eye of the Beholder"

1 Peter 1:3-9; 3 Apr 05 (2 Easter); "Loving Without Seeing"

Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 10 Apr 05 (3 Easter); "Try Another Street"

Acts 2:42-47, 4:31-35; 17 Apr 05 (4 Easter); "There's More Than Enough"

1 Peter 2:2-10; 24 Apr 05 (5 Easter); "Like a Stone"

John 14:12-21; 1 May 05 (6 Easter); "In the Name"

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11; 3 Jul 05; "Qoheleth, the Patriot"

Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8; 24 Jul 05; "Qoheleth, the Mortal"

Genesis 32:22-31; 31 Jul 05; "Encounter in the Night"

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11; 7 Aug 05; "Qoheleth, a Disciple for Our Time"

Matthew 18:15-20; 4 Sep 05; "Labor to Love"

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; 2 Oct 05 (World Communion Sunday); "Honor"

Exodus 32:1-14; 9 Oct 05; "The Substitute"

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; 13 Nov 05; "Don't Fall Asleep"

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; 20 Nov 05 (Christ the King); "On a Cloudy and Gloomy Day"

Year B, 2005-06

Psalm 85; 4 Dec 05 (2 Advent); "Make Some Noise!"

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28; 11 Dec 05 (3 Advent); "Gaudete"

John 1:1-14; 25 Dec 05 (Christmas); "Have a Mysterious Christmas"

2 Peter 1:1-11; 8 Jan 06 (Baptism of the Lord); "Discipleship 101"

2 Peter 1:5-11; 15 Jan 06; "Discipleship 102"

Mark 1:29-39; 5 Feb 06; "Time to Move On"

1 Corinthians 9:24-27; 12 Feb 06; "Play the Game"

Isaiah 43:18-25; 19 Feb 06; "Out of Exile"

2 Corinthians 4:3-6; 26 Feb 06 (Transfiguration); "The Unveiling"

Psalm 51:1-17; 1 Mar 06 (Ash Wednesday); "Strength from Ashes"

1 Peter 3:18-22; 5 Mar 06 (1 Lent); "He Descended into Hell"

Psalm 22:23-31 & Mark 8:31-38; 12 Mar 06 (2 Lent); "Can I Get a Witness?"

Exodus 20:1-7; 19 Mar 06 (3 Lent); "The First Word"

Ephesians 2:1-10; 26 Mar 06 (4 Lent); "Just Because We Were Dead"

Exodus 12:1-14; 13 Apr 06 (Maundy Thursday); "Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?"

Psalm 4 & James 5:13-20; 30 Apr 06 (3 Easter); "Confession is Good for the Soul"

Acts 4:5-13; 7 May 06 (4 Easter); "Hangin's Too Good Fer Him!"

1 John 4:7-21; 14 May 06 (5 Easter); "No Fear"

Acts 10:44-48; 21 May 06 (6 Easter); "Just Below the Surface"

Acts 1:15-26; 28 May 06 (7 Easter/Ascension Sunday); "Decisions, Decisions"

Romans 8:12-17; 11 Jun 06 (Trinity Sunday); "Within and Without"

Mark 4:35-41 & 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; 25 Jun 06; "Impossible is Nothing"

Mark 6:1-13; 9 Jul 06; "Who Do You Think You Are?"

Psalm 85:8-13 & James 4:1-6; 16 Jul 06; "Birds of a Feather..."

Deuteronomy 30:11, 15-20 & Psalm 119:1-8; 6 Aug 06; "The Rule of James"

Proverbs 8:32-36 & Matthew 11:28-30; 13 Aug 06; "Gentle and Humble in Heart"

Sirach 19:10-12 & Mark 8:22-30; 20 Aug 06; "You Have the Right to Remain Silent"

Isaiah 50:4-6 & John 15:15-17; 27 Aug 06; "Not Servants, But Friends"

Isaiah 58:1-10; 17 Sep 06; "Fasting Isn't Fast"

Matthew 5:38-42; 24 Sep 06; "The Gift of Conflict"

Mark 10:13-16; 8 Oct 06; "To Completely Speak Well"

Ruth 1:1-18; 5 Nov 06 (All Saints' Sunday); "Even In-Laws Can be Saints"

Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17; 12 Nov 06; "Accidentally on Purpose"

Revelation 1:4-8; 26 Nov 06 (Christ the King); "A Good Way to Live"

Year C, 2006-07

Micah 5:2-5a & Luke 1:39-55; 24 Dec 06 (4 Advent/Christmas Eve); "Peace Sells"

Colossians 3:12-17; 31 Dec 06 (Epiphany Sunday/New Year's Eve); "We Have Decided not to Die"

Isaiah 43:1-7; 7 Jan 07 (Baptism of the Lord); "I Have Called You by Name"

Isaiah 62:1-5; 14 Jan 07; "What's in a Name?"

1 Kings 19:1-18; 21 Jan 07; "Under a Broom Tree"

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; 18 Feb 07 (Transfiguration); "Submergence and Emergence"

Deuteronomy 26:5-11; 25 Feb 07 (1 Lent); "Empty Your Cup"

Joshua 5:2-12; 18 Mar 07 (4 Lent); "Snip, Snip; Splash, Splash"

John 13:20-35; 5 Apr 07 (Maundy Thursday); "And It was Night"

John 20:19-23; 15 Apr 07 (2 Easter); "Forgive Me"

* Psalm 30; 22 Apr 07 (3 Easter); "Forgive Us"

Revelation 7:9-17; 29 Apr 07 (4 Easter); "Don't be Left Behind"

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; 3 Jun 07 (Trinity Sunday); "Is There Passion in Wisdom? (or, Is There Wisdom in Passion?)"

2 John; 10 Jun 07; "Let Love be Your Rule of Life"

3 John; 17 Jun 07; "Good Guys and Bad Guys"

Jude; 24 Jun 07; "Certain Intruders"

Amos 6:1-7, 7:7-17; 15 Jul 07; "Affluenza"

Hosea 1:1-2, 11:1-11; 5 Aug 07; "What Does Love Cost?"

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; 12 Aug 07; "Avert Your Eyes"

Jeremiah 15:16-16:9; 9 Sep 07; "The Betrayed"

Psalm 137; 7 Oct 07 (World Communion Sunday); "Remember Who You Are"

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; 21 Oct 07; "Remember Who You Are, part 2"

Luke 18:9-14; 28 Oct 07; "Thank God I'm Not Like You!"

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4, 4 Nov 07 (All Saints' Sunday); "When Faith is Blind"

Haggai 1:15b-2:9; 11 Nov 07; "Haggai the House Builder"

Year A, 2007-08

Romans 15:4-13; 9 Dec 07 (2 Advent); "Great Expectations"

Psalm 148; 30 Dec 07 (1 Christmas); "A Cosmic Hymn of Praise"

Matthew 3:13-17; 13 Jan 08 (Baptism of the Lord); "In the Water"

1 Corinthians 1:1-9; 20 Jan 08; "Called to be Partners"

1 Corinthians 1:10-18; 27 Jan 08; "Looking Like a Fool"

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21; 6 Feb 08 (Ash Wednesday); "Hypocrites"

Psalm 32; 10 Feb 08 (1 Lent); "Lenten Foolishness"

Exodus 17:1-7; 24 Feb 08 (3 Lent); "Complaints" (or "Shut Up and Drink the Living Water")

Psalm 23; 2 Mar 08 (4 Lent); "In Death's Shadow"

John 11:1-10, 30-44; 9 Mar 08 (5 Lent); "Come Out of Your Grave"

1 Corinthians 11:20-34; 20 Mar 08 (Maundy Thursday); "Whose Body is It, Anyway?"

Acts 2:14a, 22-32; 30 Mar 08 (2 Easter); "Death Sentence Reversed"

John 14:1-14; 20 Apr 08 (5 Easter); "How Can We Know the Way?"

1 Peter 4:12-16, 5:6-11; 4 May 08 (7 Easter/Ascension Sunday); "Resistance is not Futile"

John 7:37-52; 11 May 08 (Pentecost); "Can You Back Up that Promise?"

Matthew 28:16-20; 18 May 08 (Trinity Sunday); "It's not Easy Being Green"

Genesis 12:1-9; 8 Jun 08 (preached on 15 Jun); "To Boldly Go...Well, at Least to Go"

Genesis 18:16-33; 22 Jun 08; "Evil"

Genesis 22:1-14; 29 Jun 08; "The Silence, the Terrible Silence"

Psalm 119:105-112; 13 Jul 08; "Words Written, Words Living"

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52; 27 Jul 08; "Building the Earth"

Matthew 16:13-20; 24 Aug 08; "Speak for Yourself"

Romans 12:9-21; 31 Aug 08; "Do It Yourself"

Matthew 18:15-20; 7 Sep 08; "The Right Way to Get in Somebody's Face"

Matthew 20:1-16; 21 Sep 08; "Expect the Opposite"

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; 28 Sep 08; "Victims of Circumstances"

Isaiah 25:1-9; 12 Oct 08; "An Evolution of Hope and Love"

1 Thessalonians 1; 19 Oct 08; "We Always Give Thanks"

Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 & Matthew 22:34-40; 26 Oct 08; "Holiness is Closer Than You (Can) Think"

* Psalms 42-43; 2 Nov 08 (All Saints' Sunday); "On a Dark Night"

Matthew 25:14-30; 16 Nov 08; "Playing not to Lose"

Year B, 2008-09

Mark 13:24-37; 30 Nov 08 (1 Advent); "Acedia, the Enemy of Advent"

Isaiah 9:2-7 & Titus 2:11-14; 24 Dec 08 (Christmas Eve); "Have a Zealous Christmas"

Galatians 4:4-7; 28 Dec 08 (1 Christmas); "We Have Been Adopted"

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* sermon in which I preached half, and my wife Banu the other half