Year: 2000

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22. I guess I should start this morning by apologizing to anyone who came to church today expecting a sermon about sex. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about…I have been doing a series of sermons this summer based on stories connected with characters from the book of Genesis. … Read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32. The first sermon I ever gave at Sojourners was last November, and I didn’t know at the time whether it was going to be my first sermon or my only sermon at Sojourners. It was my candidacy sermon, and although I knew that usually when things have reached that point, it’s likely … Read more

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29. For most of my life, Labor Day has been sort of like a New Year’s Day for me. Of course, when I talk about a new year I might also mean January 1, or I might mean the beginning of December, the beginning of the Advent season which in the church is … Read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Romans 12:1-2. “Do not be conformed…” In the mountains of Guatemala, small groups of indigenous people live in remote villages, sheltered by the forest, and separate from the mainstream of Guatemalan society. They are there partly as a matter of self-defense. In the early 1980’s the Guatemalan military made several large … Read more

Scripture: Mark 8:22-26, 9:30-37. Let me start out by backing up a little bit…to last week. I was saying that I wanted to talk about covenant, what covenant is in general and what ours here at Sojourners is in particular. I said I wanted to talk about that not only during that one sermon but … Read more

I was at a meeting not too long ago of clergy from around Charlottesville. There are, I have come to understand, several rather feeble attempts to draw clergy together around Charlottesville. This is one of them. This particular gathering consisted of a few clergy serving churches in the general area of the university and a … Read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16; Luke 9:57-60. I want to talk about the faces of God. We were invited last week to respond to the question: How has someone very different from you shown you the face of God? We were invited in small groups to tell each other about someone who had shown us the face … Read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-14. Several conversations have led to the worship service this morning, and specifically to the words you are about to hear from me and Pam and Bob and Cathie. It did not take me long at Sojourners to figure out that many people here care about words, about how we express ourselves and … Read more

Scripture: Micah 6:1-8; Amos 5:21-24; 2Corinthians 8:8-17. I committed myself a couple of months ago to talking today about stewardship. I did that because I knew I had a few things I wanted to say about stewardship, and because I wanted to find out what I would say about stewardship if I committed myself to … Read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48. I said last week that I would have something to say about the non-financial aspects of stewardship, and I do have something I want to say along those lines. I have a thought that I want to try to express, but I’ve been trying to express this thought for some time, both … Read more