A bit of a different sermon from my for September 15; I delivered this as my candidate sermon at Ankeny United Church of Christ. And so it is much more about me, and about what kind of a church we can be together, than it is about anything in particular in the scripture. Sermon Text… Continue reading The Return of the Lost Sheep
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The Freedom to Act
The Freedom to Act Preached at the Congregational Church UCC in Iowa City, July 7, 2013 Sermon text Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 I felt inspired on the fourth of July, and wrote out most of the sermon text for this week. I was really inspired by the recent political developments around the voting rights act, and… Continue reading The Freedom to Act
On the end of a ministry
This time last year, I was anxiously awaiting the final say on whether I’d be hired as a campus minister (I wasn’t really sure until late July, and even then there was some ambiguity as to the length of my service). Anxious partly because this seemed like the only ministry work that I seemed likely… Continue reading On the end of a ministry
Music and Meaning
I went to see a locally-staged workshopping of some songs from Carner and Gregor’s Island Song cycle by the WCU University Players on Tuesday night. The project highlights the loneliness and alienation that can come in the midst of the excitement and energy of being young in New York, effectively using humorous lyrics and catchy… Continue reading Music and Meaning