The Slightly Heretical Musings of a Pastor

This is a sermon I preached for Calvary UMC in Frederick. Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48 (NRSV)  “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye...

I wrote this sermon for Calvary UMC based on one I wrote back in 2014 for Presbury . It is a story that has captivated me and I've be...

The refugee camp in Bijelo Polje, 2004. When I was fifteen, I visited a refugee camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I don't remember muc...

This is the answer I gave to our Board of Ordained Ministry about an experience with peace with justice ministries I've had as a pastor....

This paper was written for Dr. Moore's class on Revelation almost a year ago now. I was thinking back on it, hit by a wave of nostalg...

"Doubts," Pastor Judy Walker at Delta United Methodist Church announces Sunday morning, "are the ants in the pants of faith. ...

Every time I land at the airport in Sarajevo, the same thing jumps out at me when we land. The buildings there are filled with holes, silent...

The monthly sermon post! This is a sermon for Palm Sunday, that I first used on my preaching class with Dr. Gary Simpson at Drew. Today, I p...

This is the sermon on Luke 5:38-48.1 I first preached it in my preaching class with Dr. Gary Simpson at Drew. I preached at Bernardsville Un...