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This Lutheran Life: September 2012
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Monday, September 17, 2012. Bread and Wine, Flesh and Blood. I'm trying something new. Here is a video of the last sermon I preached at my internship site, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oakland, California on August 26, 2012. The Gospel lesson for the day was John 6:56-69. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bread and Wine, Flesh and Blood. Blogs I dig (and you should, too). We Talk, We Listen. View my complete profile.
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Lasting Security
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November 17, 2014. Middot; 0 comments. Preached @ Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. 23rd Sunday After Pentecost. Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. I'm trying to figure out how to be a theologically conversant, culture engaging, incarnate, missionally focused, liturgically inventive, disciple of Jesus. more. El Salvador 2009 (19). Biblical Living Series (1). Devotions From The Book Of Psalms (5). Life in the Bay Area (2). Weekend Wind Up (1).
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Devotions From The Book Of Psalms
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Devotions From The Book Of Psalms. Independence and Dependence (Psalm 5). June 4, 2013. Middot; 0 comments. 8220;But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house, I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you. Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness.” (Psalm 5:7-8a, NRSV). From childhood we are rightly reared from dependence toward independence, but in adulthood dependence is seen as an arrested development. The way of faith is to rely on God as the first actor in our liv...
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Get up: A Sermon on Mark 5:21-43
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Get up: A Sermon on Mark 5:21-43. July 3, 2015. Middot; 0 comments. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Who do you identify with? So, who do you understand most in this Gospel? That’s to say,. Who do you identify yourself with the most here? Are you the crowd? Are you the hemorrhaging woman? Are you one of the disciples? The disciples throughout the Gospel of Mark are baffled. They don’t quite understand Jesus. They follow him around, the do what he tells t...Jesus...
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Pentecost Sermon 2014
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June 8, 2014. Middot; 3 comments. Preached @ Faith Lutheran Church (Pentecost in the Park). Tagged as: Acts 2:1-4. Comments… read them below or add one. June 11, 2014 at 8:24 am. Well done, Lad. One of your best. June 26, 2014 at 12:56 pm. Why do you refer to the Holy Spirit as ” she ”? The Trinity is ” Father, Son and Holy Ghost ” . I cannot recall It ever being referred to in a masculine or feminine sense. Can You? June 28, 2014 at 1:46 pm. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. El Salvador 2009 (19).
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Keep Awake!
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December 1, 2014. Middot; 0 comments. Preached @ Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Concord, CA). Tagged as: Advent 1. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. I'm trying to figure out how to be a theologically conversant, culture engaging, incarnate, missionally focused, liturgically inventive, disciple of Jesus. more. El Salvador 2009 (19). Biblical Living Series (1). Devotions From The Book Of Psalms (5).
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This Lutheran Life: Confession and Absolution in Advent, Year B, 2014
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Friday, December 5, 2014. Confession and Absolution in Advent, Year B, 2014. In this season of Advent. We stand before you during this time of longing. We stand before you during this time of waiting. We stand before you during this time of anticipation. We stand before you as a broken people. We stand before you as sinners. Sin makes us uneasy and uncomfortable and unsure, but sin cannot be downplayed or ignored. We live in a world where sin is very real. Sin robs us of having an authentic life. Show us...
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This Lutheran Life: A Postmodern Seminary Vocabulary
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009. A Postmodern Seminary Vocabulary. This song has gone viral at PLTS, and I have to share the lyrics with you. A Postmodern Seminary Vocabulary" written by Matthew Black. When I came to seminary, I thought it would be neat. But I couldn't eat in the cafeteria; it's called the refectory. And I couldn't interpret the Pentateuch, cause exegesis is best. And they don't read the Bible here, they just call it the text. Cause here at seminary we love our vocabulary. And I keep saying "po...
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This Lutheran Life: Longing for Home
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Monday, December 22, 2014. Sermon delivered Sunday, December 21, 2014 (4 Advent, Year B), at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oakland, CA (2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 and Luke 1:26-38). When I think of this week’s lessons, I can’t help but think of home. What does home mean to you? Home is that place where you feel comfortable, right? And then they left India. and went to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1970. In November. That only lasted two months. King David, in our Old Testament lesson, is convinced that God. well, that Go...
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This Lutheran Life: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Day One, Asian Theological Summer Institute. I am formulating questions for the interviews I will conduct with Asian American pastors in the ELCA. Later in the summer. I want to ask about pastoral identity in a predominantly white denomination. I also want to ask if such a minority status impacts an interpretation of incarnational. Identity in any way. I also want to ask about the hopes for the ELCA's. Office of Multicultural Ministries. What works? I am thankful and so blessed for...
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