Contents
LIKE THOSE WHO DREAM

Foreword by Walter Brueggemann
Introduction by John L. Ruth
Author’s Preface

Chapter One: Hosanna from the Fifth Row
1992 April 12; Palm Sunday; The First Sermon

Chapter Two: To Prophesy or to Keep Silent: Women in Ministry
1992 September 9

Chapter Three: You Never Know: Waiting in Advent
1993 November 28

Chapter Four: Will God Judge Rightly?
1994 August 7

Chapter Five: Somewhere Near Woxall
1994 December 18; Advent

Chapter Six: Mending the World: Witness of Salt and Light
1995 February 19:

Chapter Seven: An Uncommon People
1996 April 28; Series: Being Anabaptist in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter Eight: No Supplements Needed
1997 May 11; Series: The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith

Chapter Nine: Things That Make for Peace
1997 July 6

Chapter Ten: Creatures, Wheels, Glory
1998 January 4; Series: Texts from Jeremiah and Ezekiel

Chapter Eleven: Everything Lives Where the Water Goes
1998 February 22; Series: Texts from Jeremiah and Ezekiel

Chapter Twelve: Vegetables with Love or Beef with Strife
1998 May 17; Series: Astounding Biblical Visions, Promises, Expectations

Chapter Thirteen: Family Feuds and God’s Providence
1998 September 27

Chapter Fourteen: An Astonishing Thing
1999 March 14; Lenten Series: When It Hurts to Live—Christian Faith in Difficult Times

Chapter Fifteen: The Second Stage of Grace
1999 April 25; Series—The Holy Spirit

Chapter Sixteen: From One of the Little Clans
2000 December 24; Advent

Chapter Seventeen: Overcoming Evil
2001 September 16; After 9-11

Chapter Eighteen: The Right Tools
2001 September 23; Second Sunday After 9-11

Chapter Nineteen: Neither, Nor, Rather
2001 November 25; Series: One in Christ—The Message of Galatians

Chapter Twenty: On Earth as in Heaven
2002 July 7; Series: The Style and Demeanor of the Christian

Chapter Twenty-One: You Will See Him
2003 April 20; Easter

Chapter Twenty-Two: No Pre-washed Jeans—Genuine Conversion
2003 October 12; Series: Joys and Challenges Faced by the Early Church in the Book of Acts

Chapter Twenty-Three: Down to Joppa
2004 February 15; Series: The Stories of Ruth, Esther, and Jonah

Chapter Twenty-Four: Baptism: The Defining Event
2004 July 18

Chapter Twenty-Five: All Invited: The Narrow Gate and the Grace of God
2004 September 26; Series: Difficult Questions in the Faith

Chapter Twenty-Six: Suffering: Why and For What
2004 October 17; Series: Difficult Questions in the Faith

Chapter Twenty-Seven: On the Journey to Being Blessed
2005 January 2; Series: The Sermon on The Mount

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Donkey
2005 March 20; Palm Sunday

Chapter Twenty-Nine: You Will be My Witnesses
2005 May 29; Series: Seeing God’s Presence and Sensing God’s Call in the Rhythms of Daily Life

Chapter Thirty: Like Those Who Dream
2005 December 11; Advent

Chapter Thirty-One: After You Leave
2006 September 3; Labor Day

Chapter Thirty-Two: To the Temple as Usual
2006 December 31; Last Sermon

Appendix: Series of Sermons 1992-2006
Notes
The Author