One rarely knows what is good for us and what is bad. Therefore if we knowingly put ourselves in the hands of Almighty, whatever happens must be deemed good. And I try literally to follow that precept.
Gandhi, "Letter to Francesca Standenath", April 1947

Category Archives: Sermon / Story

Peace Games:
Game Theory and Peace
(PJSA Presentation)

It’s my birthday weekend, and for my birthday, I’d like to give you a gift. After a long delay, I finally sat down and recorded the presentation that I gave at the Peace and Justice Studies Association national conference. People have been asking for it, but life has been busy, and it is just now [...]

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Sermon: Possessing the Church

This is my last sermon for Preaching class (and possibly my last sermon ever!). The manuscript is mangled, because I wrote enough for 15 minutes without reading the scripture, so I had to do some on-the-fly editing and improvisation. It begins with my translation of Matthew 9:35-10:23 and then launches into a critique of the [...]

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My Sermon: "Vain Worship"
(Now in MPEG format)

This is my sermon, “Vain Worship”, which was previously published on the blog. The manuscript is here. I’m re-releasing it in MPEG format, since my entire world seems to be filled with Mac users who can’t see the WMV file. You probably want to download the file and play the downloaded version: the file is [...]

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