June 23, 2024
FIVE SMOOTH STONES 1 Samuel 17 and Mark 4:35-41 Whitewood/Lead, June 23, 2023. I thought I was going to preach on the gospel today about sleeping Jesus in the boat, during the raging storm. But I realized I’ve preached on Mark’s gospel text for today – at least a half-a-dozen times, dissecting it every which… Read More »
April 10, 2022
TEACHING A STONE TO SHOUT Luke 19:28-40. So, how do we make Palm Sunday fresh this year and every year? How am I supposed to take this ancient story and mold it into something new? Well, here’s what I do most of the time in preparation; I simply read, and re-read the lectionary text and… Read More »
April 3, 2022
IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT John 12:1-8 Whitewood/Lead, April 3, 2022. Many of you are probably familiar with O. Henry’s Christmas love story called “The Gift of the Magi.” It’s a story is about a young couple named Della and Jim who are very much in love, but they… Read More »
March 27, 2022
GOD RAN Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Whitewood/Lead, March 27, 2022. I love this poem called; The Hound of Heaven, by Francis Thompson. It goes like this: “I fled from God, down the nights and down the days; I fled from God, down the arches of the years; I fled from God, down the labyrinth of my… Read More »
January 16, 2022
THE BEST IS YET TO COME John 2:1-11 Whitewood/Lead, January 16, 2022 Have any of you seen the Netflix series; The Chosen, yet? I’ve got to put in a plug for this series. I finally got to watch it the last couple of weeks, and I highly recommend it. When I read this week’s lectionary,… Read More »
September 12, 2021
JESUS, YOU’LL BE THE DEATH OF ME Mark 8:27-38 Whitewood/Lead, September 12, 2021. There was once small plane with 5 passengers on it. Halfway to their destination, the engines started sputtering and failing. The pilot came out from behind the curtain wearing a parachute pack on his back. He said, “friends, I have some bad… Read More »
June 20, 2021
GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE Mark 4:35-41 Whitewood/Lead, June 20, 2021 The only one who should have been afraid in today’s story, is Jesus. Here, he puts his life and his trust into these fishermen’s hands, (his disciples), and falls asleep in the back of the boat – trusting them to get him to the… Read More »
June 9, 2021
FAMILY TIES Whitewood/Lead, June 6, 2021 Several summers ago, while on vacation; I noticed a small white wooden sign in front of someone’s vacation rental that read; “Friend’s welcome, relatives by appointment only.” Oh boy! That got my attention as it stated an often-unspoken truth; friends are sometimes easier to deal with than family. When… Read More »
May 9, 2021
“M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she’s growing old, T is for the tears she shed to save me, H is for her heart of purest gold, E is for her eyes with love light shining R is right and right she’ll always be, put them all together… Read More »
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