by Jon | Jan 8, 2013 | sermons |
Happy New Year! It’s so good to see you here in this new year. Today’s a big day. It’s our first Sunday together in the New Year. I love this Sunday. I love this season–the beginning of something new. It always feels like a clean slate. It’s also Epiphany. ...
by Jon | Dec 30, 2012 | sermons |
This morning is the first time I addressed the tragedy in Newtown directly in a sermon. In order to do so, I used the Lectionary from Year C for the First Sunday after Christmas known in Biblical circles as the Slaughter of the Innocents–a fitting scripture when...
by Jon | Dec 29, 2012 | daily, new to the north |
Friends, the snow has begun again. And this time, it’s just beautiful. It was beautiful a couple of nights ago, but I must say its all the more enchanting because I am watching it snow from inside my warm home accompanied by my cat and G. When it first started...
by Jon | Dec 29, 2012 | daily, g, new to the north, pix |
You might not realize this, but for a Southerner snow is magic. It’s beautiful, quiet, clean. It’s also terrifying. Two nights ago, I was headed to the airport to pick up G. It was dark early–something I’ve learned is just part of Northern...
by Jon | Dec 2, 2012 | sermons |
Before you read the sermon, check out the Gospel Lesson. Also, watch this video: We are living in the meantime. Do you realize that? That we are living in the meantime? We are living in a time between two realities. A time between what has already come to pass and...