Jim Bundy

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-12 World AIDS Day takes place each year on December 1, has taken place on December 1 each year since 1988. This year because of where Christmas falls, December 1 is also for Christians the first Sunday in Advent. World AIDS Day of course is not a religious observance, has nothing to do … Read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-8; Isaiah 40:1-8 This is one of those sermons that it’s a little embarrassing to be giving. Actually I guess every sermon is a little embarrassing for me—since I’m a heavy introvert and also since I often think that it takes some nerve to stand up here every week and think I’ve got … Read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Back in the 1960’s there was a sermon that achieved a fair amount of fame or notoriety among the small subculture of people who pay attention to printed sermons. The sermon itself I thought was quite thoughtful and worth paying attention to, not at all extreme or offensive, but the title was … Read more

Sermon for January 5, 2003Scripture: John 1:1-18 I have a number of things on my mind as we come into a new calendar year and begin a new season of the church’s life as well. The week between Christmas and New Year both Ava and I were on vacation and although we stayed in town, … Read more

Scripture: Mark 1:4-11 I debated some about what to call this sermon. I knew in broad terms what I wanted to talk about. I knew the sermon was going to be about how Jesus is revealed to us, this being epiphany season and all. How do we come to see Jesus, maybe whether we see … Read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 6:10-16 and 8:18-21 On April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King gave a high profile speech. Nothing unusual. By that time all of Dr. King’s speeches and sermons were very high profile. Every word he said, everything he did in public attracted attention. This speech of April 4, 1967 was especially high profile. It … Read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 Those of you who were at the King Day celebration last Sunday night will remember that the speaker, Tyrone Crider, spoke about having given the eulogy at his 101-year-old grandmother’s funeral. He referred to the program which listed her dates of birth, as we do at memorial services and on tombstones. In … Read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:5-11 I’ve been wondering this week what Black History Month has to do with me as a white person. I’m not wondering because I don’t think it has anything to do with me as a white person. I’m wondering because I’m pretty sure there is more to say about that than what I … Read more

Scripture: Isaiah 59:9-11 and Psalm 27 “Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us; we wait for light, and lo! There is darkness; and for brightness, but we walk in gloom…We wait for justice but there is none, for salvation but it is far from us.” Those words from Isaiah describe … Read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32 and Job 38:1-18 I have been struggling with this sermon for several weeks, which is to say that I have been struggling with God about this sermon for several weeks, which is in part the reason for choosing the scripture about Jacob wrestling with the mysterious stranger—angel, God, but I’ll get back … Read more