This is a sermon I preached at Jubilee Mennonite Church on April 16, 2023. The text provided was Matthew 28:16-20 (aka The Great Commission). I was hesitant to take on this text given my discomfort with the way it’s been understood and applied by many Christians past and present. However, I stuck with it and was glad I did as it forced me to articulate and bring together an assortment of things that had been swirling in my mind for some time.… Read the rest
Category: Sermons
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I’m Not Lost, I’m Looking for Bugs
The Edge of Meaning and the Freedom of Insignificance
This post is a sermon I preached at Jubilee Mennonite Church on 15 August 2024. Thanks to the people of JMC for letting me work out my faith (faith issues?) in their company.
Both the book of Ecclesiastes and this sermon are more about experience than theology (though the degree to which one’s experience shapes one’s theology would be interesting to explore) .… Read the rest