by markfeldmeir | Nov 20, 2016 | Faith, Grace, Humility, Jesus, Reconciliation, sermon
Besieged Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Over the last couple of weeks I’ve never been so acutely aware of how differently people see the world. I’ve heard from so many of you about your perspectives on the presidential election and, from what I can gather, the general sentiment...
by markfeldmeir | Aug 4, 2014 | Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, Humility, sermon
“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...
by markfeldmeir | Mar 28, 2014 | Faith, Grace, Humility, sermon
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Whether you find yourself jumping at the site of a spider or working up a sweat at the mere thought of boarding an airplane, fears and phobias seem to plague just about every one of us, often in very debilitating ways. If I were to ask you to...
by markfeldmeir | Jan 16, 2013 | Hospitality, Humility, The Church
While digging through some old files recently, I unearthed a file folder containing a handful of typewritten letters from the late theologian, Robert McAfee Brown, who died in 2001. As a senior in college I had stumbled across a few of Brown’s books, which challenged...
by markfeldmeir | Jul 5, 2012 | Faith, Grace, Humility, Jesus
I remember, as a teenager, being invited to a friend’s church for a special “crusade” one evening. A group of Christian body builders, known as the Power Team, had rolled into town. They had come to flash their chiseled forearms, flex their six-pack abs, pull...
by markfeldmeir | Feb 29, 2012 | Hospitality, Humility
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. — Emily Dickinson Nobody ever told me to hang my diplomas on my office wall. I did it because I thought it mattered. I have eight years of college and...
