Monthly Archives: July 2020

Every publisher has a manual of style. So does every college for their masters and doctoral theses. CPH has one for authors. Their own variant to properly express our theology. Turns out I sort of do as well. When I … Continue reading →

Jesus does two miraculous crowd feedings: The 5,000 and the 4,000. The 5,000 is a bigger miracle – he feeds more people with less food. For that one, each loaf feeds 1000. Today’s miracle is only 571 people per loaf. … Continue reading →

This one is a bit inside baseball. I’ve been thinking a lot about our doctrine and practice for the last 40 years or so. In conversations about what we should be doing, if you bring up our confessions (e.g. “The … Continue reading →

I’ve found it interesting that, even during the season of Trinity, when the focus is on our growth as Christians, that the church’s lectionary switches themes each week between how we live out our faith in the world (third use … Continue reading →

By the time I get back to the office and can post my sermon, sometimes the week is far gone. But in case you couldn’t attend church on Sunday, here is my sermon. The text is Luke 6, about judging … Continue reading →

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist was actually June 24 (exactly half-a-year from Christmas.) But this was preached on the Sunday following, June 28, 2020. And what with one thing and another, it was finally posted today. So here … Continue reading →