This week I am working on a sermon entitled “SPIT.” In John, Chapter 9, Christ spits on the ground and uses the resulting mud to spackle the eyes of a man who has been blind from birth. When the man washes the mud off, he can see. It is a miracle! And that, my friends, [...]
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Spit
October 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Faith and the City
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Go and Do Likewise…
July 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Faith and the City
These are interesting (even challenging) times to be a disciple. We swim in a culture in which people are less and less sure what it means to be a Christian. We live in a city where many doubt that a person with a vigorous mind would (or could) also have an active faith. What’s more, [...]
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Peeling the Apple
March 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Faith and the City
I recently asked the congregation to submit questions that they would like to hear addressed in the pulpit. The most common question we received was: “Is Jesus the only way?” In a place like New York, this makes sense to me. How, in the midst of this rough-and-tumble diversity, am I to think about what [...]
The New York Stress Exchange
February 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · Faith and the City
This past Wednesday, I asked my barber, a quiet Italian guy at this classic, red-and-white twisty pole, barbershop on Lexington, what he thought about stress. “Peter, what gives people stress?” After a few more snips, he responded, “Too much work, and not enough work.” I thought that was a pretty good answer. Later the same [...]