Monthly Archives: August 2012

Ellen came to church!

No….not THAT Ellen!  But our Ellen–Ellen Green–came to church yesterday. I remember Ellen as the 8th grader who came to sit with me while the Pilgrimage congregation voted on whether or not to call me.  Even as an 8th grader, … Continue reading

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Sermon: Sacramental Knowing (August 19, 2012)

          “I am the living bread that came down from heaven…unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.”  Does anybody understand what Jesus is talking about in today’s … Continue reading

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Weary of Violence

I saw a “vanity plate” on the back of a car the other day:  H8 NO 1, it read.  Hate number one, I thought?  Sounded like a sore loser.  But after working with the code a little more, I figured out … Continue reading

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Sermon: “Hungry for God” (August 5, 2012)

They’d witnessed the miracle of Jesus feeding 5,000….and had eaten the evidence.  Not long afterward—maybe when they got hungry again?—they went back to the scene of the dine, looking for Jesus.  He wasn’t there…so they went searching.  When they find … Continue reading

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