He Ain’t Heavy
Genesis 33:1-15 Rev. Mark Feldmeir A preacher is given a parrot as a gift from a parishioner, and it turns out that the parrot swears like a sailor. Every word out of the bird's mouth is laced with profanity. The swearing goes on day after day, until one day the...
The Walking Wounded
“The Walking Wounded” Genesis 32:22-31 Rev. Mark Feldmeir A cab driver arrives at the Pearly Gates and announces his presence to St. Peter, who looks him up in his Big Book. Upon reading the entry, St. Peter hands the cabby a robe and a golden staff and opens the...
Wide Awake
“Wide Awake” Genesis 28 Several years ago, as a farewell gift, my former congregation in Rancho Santa Margarita presented me with a signed and numbered lithograph by the Russian-born French artist, Marc Chagall, whose work I have long admired and who is one the most...
Think Outside the Bowl
A few weeks ago I had one of those windshield conversations with my eighteen-year old son, Casey. We were heading home after a week of fishing in the High Sierras when, quite unexpectedly, he asked if I was nervous about preaching my first sermon at St. Andrew. It’s...
Parting Words
Parting Words June 15, 2014 I always admired my father’s tools as a child. My father was big into tools, because my father was big into fixing just about anything from broken plumbing to broken bikes to broken engines. There was nothing my father could not repair,...
Running on Faith – Easter 2014
Matthew 28:1-10 Easter 2014 Over the last couple of weeks Lori and I have been going from room to room in our home, thinning things out, determining what we’ll take with us to Colorado and what we’ll leave behind. We have three kids, and two of the three, I’m happy...