“Spirit enough for the wilderness”: a sermon on memory and nostalgia

“SPIRIT ENOUGH FOR THE WILDERNESS” Sermon for the 100th anniversary of ARMENIAN MEMORIAL CHURCH, WATERTOWN SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Every time we tell the story, the peaches get sweeter. Once upon a time, my Great-Aunt Josephine was flying back to the United States from her childhood home in Italy. And like …

Pope Francis Bingo Cards

You are invited to join us for a Pope Francis Address to Congress Viewing Party!  Thursday, September 24, from 9:30-11am at Doyle’s Cafe in Boston. Facebook Invite here! Please share widely. Sinners and Saints, welcome. If you can’t join us in person, tweet us at #PopeInBoston and download our Pope Francis Bingo Cards.

Childish: A sermon on Mark 9

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Amherst Sunday September 20, 2015 “Childish” A sermon on Mark 9:30-37 Please pray with me: This is the conversation we have after the kids have left the room. The hard stuff, the awkward stuff, the unresolved stuff where there are no good options left on the table. This is what we say when …