The 17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Year B RCL Sermon Audio for Sunday September 27, 2009-The Rev’d Warren Hicks Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Psalm 124 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50
This weekend I finished reading Diana Butler Bass‘ latest book A People’s History or Christianity: The Other Side of the Story. The long and the short of it is, I really liked this book. I found the writing style to be just as accessible as her other offerings. Butler Bass is a church historian with [...]
16 Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Year B RCL September 20, 2009 Sermon Audio-The Rev’d Warren Hicks Proverbs 31:10-31 Psalm 1 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37
This story about the title holder of ‘World’s Tallest Man’ caught my eye today. It caught my eye because I grew up loving the Guinness Book of World Records. It stirred my heart and imagination as it quoted the previous title holder. You see the man who previously held the title, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk (who [...]
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I like birds. I like feeding birds. I’ve been on a big bird feeding kick lately. I’ve always fed birds at the house. Recently I found myself getting up from my desk or chair in my office and looking over toward the house to see if there were any birds at my feeders. Doing that [...]
