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September 2014

September 19, 2014
Looking back over my life I realize I’ve traveled a winding road as it relates...
September 15, 2014
Some beautiful photos from yesterday's Homecoming Sunday at The Riverside Church.  What a warm welcome...
September 15, 2014
Forward Genesis 50:15-21 A sermon delivered at The Riverside Church September 14, 2014.  Watch or...

August 2014

August 30, 2014
Sonnets To Orpheus, Part Two, XII By Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Anita Barrows and...
August 21, 2014
Last Sunday all over the world lectionary preachers were handed a challenging text from Matthew’s...
August 10, 2014
Reaction Genesis 37:1-4; 12-28 I confess I was not the world’s greatest science student, but...
August 09, 2014
These thoughts appeared first this week over at ABP/Religious Herald. Lately I’ve had occasion to...

July 2014

July 28, 2014
Here's what I've been thinking lately, shared first at ABP/Religious Herald: You know, I’ve always thought...
July 10, 2014
You'll also find this column over at Associated Baptist Press/Religious Herald.  where it first appeared...

June 2014

June 30, 2014
As many of you know, my brother John died suddenly, and our family has been...
June 22, 2014
Benediction John 21:15-19 Who knows how to plan a worship service like today’s worship service? ...
June 18, 2014
Calvary had the holy honor of affirming the ordination of Rev. Allyson Robinson this past...
June 16, 2014
A Curious Community Matthew 28:16-20 Genesis 1:27-28 A version of this sermon was preached at...
June 09, 2014
As many of you know, after many long months of prayerful discernment on my part...
June 08, 2014
Delivered at The Riverside Church June 8, 2014.  Listen to the sermon here and watch video...
June 07, 2014
Dear Calvary Family, I write to you as I’m making my way to New York...

May 2014

May 18, 2014
Believe (Tangible) John 14:1-14 We’ve been talking these past few weeks, since Easter, about what...
May 14, 2014
Accepting This Yes, it is true. I confess, I have thought great thoughts, and sung...
May 11, 2014
Believe (Relational) John 10:1-10 Well, here we are. We’ve made it through the darkness of...

April 2014

April 20, 2014
Unsettled Matthew 28:1-10 Iman Amrani had just settled in to begin her volunteer work teaching...
April 18, 2014
Tonight’s service was a Calvary version of a traditional tenebrae service.  In this service the...
April 18, 2014
From Palms to Protest Matthew 21:1-11 Think back, if you will, to January 20, 2009. ...
April 07, 2014
Speaking of Sin: Salvation John 11:1-45 “Are you saved?” A few years ago someone asked...

March 2014

March 30, 2014
Speaking of Sin: Penance John 9:1-41 You and I, we don’t know how to talk...
March 23, 2014
Speaking of Sin: Repentance John 4: 5-42 Fred Phelps died this week.  As you may...
March 16, 2014
Speaking of Sin: Hell John 3:1-17 Since confession is an important part of Lenten practice,...
March 09, 2014
Speaking of Sin: Sin Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Welcome to the first Sunday of the season...
March 05, 2014
Blessed Ash Wednesday, all.  Today is one of those days that weighs heavy on many....
March 03, 2014
The following is a sermon delivered at Woodbrook Baptist Church in Baltimore on March 2, 2014....

February 2014

February 16, 2014
Our children reminded us during the children's sermon today. 
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