Sermons

[Much aggrieved - sorry.  I did not start recording until in the anthem.] Sermon – Preaching in Holes: The Art of Hypocrisy Psalm 26; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 9/6/2026   Back in my high school days, I was in a number of stage performances.  Some were more notable...

Sermon – Preaching in Holes: Church at War Exodus 32:15-28; Ephesians 6:10-20 8/30/2026   We all have things that we would rather not think about, things that we tend to keep out of mind’s reach.  For many people, at least one of those things might be the reality...

Sermon – Preaching in Holes: God in Real Time Psalm 90; Numbers 27:1-11 8/23/2026   Eleven years ago, I was able to take a trip to Israel with a group of ministers to spend two weeks on a pilgrimage mainly exploring sites in northern Israel and Jerusalem.  It was...

Sermon – Preaching in Holes: Dinner with Zacchaeus Ezekiel 34:8-16; Luke 19:1-10 8/16/2026   Hospitality has been an important part of our experience as humans for a long, long time, and where hospitality has faltered in us as a people, where we become less and...

Sermon – Preaching in Holes: What We Own that Owns Us Luke 12:16-21; Acts 2:27-37 8/9/26 Two things to get us going today took place the early 2000s. Anne and I and our family were living in Blackstone, and at that same time something was growing on the internet...

Sorry to be missing a couple of weeks.  The pastor was on vacation. Sermon – Preaching in Holes: Rest as Resistance Mark 2:23-28; Exodus 16:13-30 8/2/26  Just in case you have not been paying attention or have not been around for at least a couple of weeks, I am back...

Sermon – Preaching in Holes: Depressed and Loved Matthew 26:36-44; 1 Kings 19:1–15a, 19 7/12/26   One of the most inspirational people I have ever learned about is famous as the world record holder of Olympic medals – that is 28 medals total, 23 of them gold...