This sermon comes from Mark 1:14-20 and takes a look at Jesus' call to his 12 disciples to follow him.  The sermon cautions identifying our own wants and desires as being "call" instead of the authentic and often difficult call of God.

John the Baptist began his ministry in the wilderness.  This sermon asks why John began there.  Why not the City?  It also looks at the positive and negative qualities of wilderness and how they work within our lives for both good and ill.

This sermon examines the open of the Gospel of John, especially the way that John skips the nativity narratives in Matthew and Luke and begins from the time before Creation when Jesus and the Father were planning what we now call the Earth and humanity.

This sermon looks at Simeon, the old man who used to shuffle around in the Temple looking for Messiah, and who finally got to witness the newly born Jesus.  The text comes from Luke 2:22-38.