I resolved in the new year to blog/journal every day. It is June 18, which when put in perspective of all the things I have resolved to do and never done, is a smashing success. The first installment is entitled “Twit”. My twitter is a teenager today. I marked the occasion aptly by tweeting in … Continue reading A Daily Jot – June 18, 2022 – Twit
Sermon: Healing LeavesFirst Presbyterian Church, Green Cove Springs, FloridaMay 22, 2022Scripture: Revelation 21:10, 22-27, 22:1-5 “It’s the end of the world as we know it. And I feel fine.” I’m not sure I feel as assured as the band R.E.M. did when they sang those words in 1987. We were staring down the Cold War … Continue reading Sermon: Healing Leaves
Sermon: Uncommon FriendshipA Sermon at The Well at Springfield May 8, 2022Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18 Our topic today is Uncommon Friendship. I am thinking particularly of friendships across social identities, such as race, religion, and gender and sexual identity. My theological principle is this: diversity is sacred. But diversity going well is not a given, so what … Continue reading Sermon: Uncommon Friendship
Sermon: When Doubt is in Our BonesPreached April 24, 2022 at Riverside United Church of ChristScripture: John 20:19-30 Doubting Thomas It’s been…one week since Jesus looked at us, resurrected. And in our scripture reading today, we move from that Easter day to one week later. In doing so, we meet Thomas. Or as he is … Continue reading Sermon: When Doubt is in our Bones
On this day of action for Palestine, I want to lift my voice too: Free Palestine I say this first for my Palestinian friends and for the people of Palestine. I love you and I stand with you against the Israeli occupation, apartheid, the stealing of your land, the murder of your people. I stand … Continue reading Free Palestine
Matt Hartley 