Pulpit Supply at FPC Winder, 2021-07-25

Here's one last sermon I did in Winder. I'm again grateful to Bob and Rick and this dear congregation for having me

• The Land Towards Which They Were Going

Science Fiction Nuclear Fusion Containment Field Model of the Trinity

When I posted my Theology of Care post, I mentioned that I had a “science-fiction view of the trinity that I may post about separately.” This post is the description of my science fiction, nuclear fusion containment field model of the trinity. I had this idea while I was in seminary, but when I graduated, it kind of took me as an obsession until I downloaded some open-source CAD software and drew it. I’ll try to describe what motivated me to think about it and all the ways this model ended up describing the relation between the Persons of the Trinity. As a bonus, I also get a certain kind of ecclesiology out of it, showing how the Trinity relates to us and binds us together in love. Remember, this is science fiction, and it’s only a metaphor.

Pulpit Supply in Winder 2021-05-16

For me, the fascinating part of the Gospel lesson on this Sunday (John 17:6-19) was that Jesus sanctifies himself.

I am again grateful to the kind folks at FPC Winder for having me, especially Bob Gaw. I am also grateful to Rick Mechtly for helping me wrangle this sermon to a place where I could post it for this blog.

Here's the sermon:

• Sanctification

Theology of Care

In CPE, we presented a "Theology of Care" in the form of a drawing. This is the drawing that I came up with. There is a lot here.  First, by way of orientation, the blue coat was the uniform of the chaplains ("Spiritual Health Clinicians") at the Emory hospital. The patient gowns were typically green. The strange purple orb is a kind of a science-fiction view of the trinity that I may post about separately. The tear-drop-with-circle shape on the right, the yellow torus, the glyphs on the clothes and heads of the people are all related to this symbol. The bed is being held by the hand of God, whose jacket cuff is also "chaplain blue." The background did not come out strong in the scan of my drawing, but it's intended to be "trinity purple" as well.

Pulpit supply in First Presbyterian Church in Winder, GA

I had the opportunity to preach on a Sunday as pulpit supply for the friendly people at First Presbyterian Church in Winder, GA. Here's a video.

• 2021-03-21

Sermon Video from Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

I preached this at Memorial Drive Presbyterian during my Contextual Education II. I also recorded it as a video for my Preaching 501 class.

• Preaching Video from April, 2019 at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

Sermons from Memorial Drive Presbyterian

When I was an intern during what Candler calls Contextual Education II, I preached these sermons and recorded them on audio. Sadly, there's no corresponding video.

• 2019-01-27
• 2019-02-24
• 2019-03-24