Epiphany C
Psalm 72
Matthew 2:1-12
By Laurel Dykstra
For Christians, and perhaps preachers especially, there is immense pressure to approach scripture with a foregone conclusion, to find and preach some Good News, whatever contortions to the integrity of self or text that might require. Continue reading “Wild Lectionary: Like Rain”
By Ken Sehested, 9 July 2017, Circle of Mercy Congregation, Asheville, NC
Text: Psalm 72
(The text below has been expanded from the original sermon.)
Not so long ago a sermon on religious liberty would likely provoke yawns. The widespread and diverse claims of “religious freedom” are so common and unquestioned in our culture, they mostly go without notice. (Which, if anything, may be testimony to how tamed our assumptions have become.) Continue reading “Sermon: Religious liberty, or social mischief? Understanding the “wall of separation” between church and state”
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