Sermons on Pentecost (Page 5)

When I get married in three weeks, I will be wearing my late grandparents’ wedding rings on a necklace, as a sign of my connection to them and the 60 years they spent married to each other. When I wear those rings, it isn’t about the objects themselves, but about what they mean to me. As symbols of love, companionship, and their deep commitment to each other and God. They…

Anger tends to get a bad rap as an emotion. We’re always taught not to be angry, that it isn’t the good or Christian thing to do. But, the reality is that sometimes, we get angry! I’ll remind us over and over again that anger is just a recognition that one of our boundaries, conscious or unconscious has been crossed. Something has happened to which our bodies are…

I’ve been thinking a lot about my ordination this week. Yesterday, Emily and I attended the funeral for one of the members from my internship congregation, Randi, who was the first person to ever call me her pastor. Many months before I was ordained, she would tell me that she saw me as her pastor, even when we weren’t supposed to use that title until after our…