The Long Defeat (Sermon Sept. 27th)In 2016, the ongoing (seemingly endless) Star Wars franchise put out, in my opinion, their most beautiful movie installment yet: Rogue One. Beautiful because of the real and deep themes that lay interwoven in its story. It is a marker of great stories that the events within them need not be factual but point toward something true. Great stories never allow for escapism; they pull us into their world only to send us forth with new eyes for the world we inhabit. The world of St
On Giving and Receiving (Sermon, Sept. 6th)And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. Now by this, we may be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. - 1 John 2:2-3 I once had a friend in seminary. Let's call him Lewis. Lewis is not the typical seminarian. What I mean by this is that Lewis is a little rough around the edges. Lewis is a military man, a devotee of MMA (mixed martial arts). Lewis likes to spend time in pubs and bars. In fact, he