In my book on Hospitality-the sacred art, I have a chapter devoted to hospitality to our enemies. These are two words we don’t put together in our heads (or our practice) very often. Hospitality. Enemies. The idea is very akin to the Jesus concepts of “Love your enemies,” “pray for those who persecute you.” When …
Category: Sermons
Here are reflections that I have given in various settings: at Fourth Presbyterian Church, at Grace Commons, at St. James, at Wicker Park Grace, or as a guest preacher in other settings.
Restorative Justice
This is the sermon I preached on Sunday morning, Sept 11, 2011, at Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church. I gave a shorter version at Wicker Park Grace that evening. Click the audio icon at the end of this post to listen in. You can also right click here and “save link as” to download the mp3 …
“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” by Harry Emerson Fosdick
"There is nothing new about the situation. It has happened again and again in history, as, for example, when the stationary earth suddenly began to move and the universe that had been centered in this planet was centered in the sun around which the planets whirled. Whenever such a situation has arisen, there has been only one way out—the new knowledge and the old faith had to be blended in a new combination. " Harry Emerson Fosdick
“Yes, Virginia, there is…”
Sermon delivered 12/27/09 at Wicker Park Grace Reflection (transcribed) The Escape to Egypt (Matthew 2:12-16) 12 The wise men, having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, left for their own country by another road. 13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream …