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02.17.08

Searching For Home (Lent Two) | Genesis 12:1-5
Roger Nelson

On a late summer night, with just a hint of autumn around the edges, my daughter and I caught a train downtown to see Wilco at Millennium Park. As the sky went dark, the skyline lit up, and all the colors of the city were mashed together on those ...

02.03.08

Jesus in the Light | Matthew 17:1-9
Roger Nelson

Back in the day... I was a high school teacher and I taught a church history course inherited from one of the finest teachers I've ever known ~ Roger Griffioen. He loved students and he loved his discipline and he expected the very best out of both.

01.27.08

Jesus In The Dark | Matthew 4:12-23
Roger Nelson

Where do you expect to encounter God? That question presupposes that you believe there is a God and that a human/divine encounter is not only possible but recognizable. But, given all that... Where do you expect to encounter God? Maybe you ...

01.20.08

Retail God in a Wholesale World | John 1:29-39
Roger Nelson

I am indebted to an essay by William Willimon for setting me on this path as way to preach this text... In 1902 William James, a psychologist-turned-philosopher from Harvard, published "The Varieties of Religious Experience." It is a ...

01.13.08

Born Identity | Matthew 3:13-17
Roger Nelson

I have a friend who is a therapist. He sits with his legs crossed and a tall cup of Starbucks in his hands, in an office cluttered with books and work out equipment, and he listens. He listens to people tell their stories. In bits and pieces, in ...