Luke

Stuff!

Stuff!

If ever there were a fabulous opportunity to begin a sermon with a stand-up comedy routine, it's with Jesus' "Parable of the Rich Fool."  And you don't even have to come up with new material!  George Carlin's will do just fine.  Better!  (Be sure to give him credit, tho.)

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I'm Not Dead Yet!

I'm Not Dead Yet!

Why this Spamalot song - in all its splendid goofiness - has been surprisingly helpful as I deal with scripture and grief over my brother's sudden, tragic death.

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Worship for an "Oscar Sunday"

Worship for an "Oscar Sunday"

When Jesus says "Be in the world not of the world" you know what that means for "Oscar Sunday" -- wacky (and surprisingly meaningful) worship in thrift store formal wear!

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"Sprockets" Advent!

"Sprockets" Advent!

Elizabeth's leaping womb and Mary's words of joy are especially enhanced when SNL's Sprockets (or a Sprockets-inspired group of seminarians) provide the interp! 

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And Jesus said, "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

And Jesus said, "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

Jesus' "Beatitudes" were so far from proper rabbinical thinking they would have been heard, at least initially, as patently absurd.  Not unlike something Groucho would gleefully espouse, and in a song??

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