Social media makes it easy for rhetorical displays of outrage. To be sure, bigotry and violence deserve our outrage, but require more than huffy-puffy outrage if we are to heal the disease and drain the poison. Our outrage must not just lead to outbursts but outcomes...
Mystic Coolness Lectionary 20 August 2017 11th Sunday After Pentecost Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28 Text to Life Héctor Elizondo is one of my favorite actors. Most recently in “Last Man Standing,” he is a standard feature in...
This week, let’s take a trip “across the pond” and have a look-see at what’s happening at the BBC Proms! The Proms is one of my favourite summer festivals for the simple reason that it includes everything: from events for kids, to the most contemporary of contemporary...
Rain of Grace Story Lectionary 20 August 2017 The First Covenant Given to Moses (Exodus 34) The Story of the Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21) Psalm 41: God’s Grace Toward Those Who Sin Psalm 103: The Lord’s Compassion Psalm 116: The Lord is Gracious Psalm 147: The Lord...
Some metaphors lend themselves only to visual experience. Others can be multi-sensory. If you have a metaphor like water or sand, use water or sand in your service or sermon in some way. Allow people to touch, smell, hear, see, feel the metaphor. The more they...
