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Tag: Ruth

  • Bitterness to Sweetness

    A final sermon in our series on Ruth. _____________________ We began this sermon series on the Book of Ruth just a few weeks ago, and did so by looking at the person of Naomi. This morning we also end with Naomi. Specifically, we are going to pay attention to two scenes in which Naomi takes…

  • Boaz steps up

    A sermon in our continuing series on Ruth. ___________________________ It seems that Baoz is not going to waste any time. His night with Ruth on the threshing floor is barely over. Just a few hours ago she uncovered his legs and lay down beside him, just a few hours ago she asked him to take…

  • salvation by courage alone

    Another sermon in our series on Ruth. Again, I largely follow the Interpretation series commentary on Ruth. _______________________________________ It was a fateful evening on the threshing floor – no doubt the events of that night were burned into the memory of Boaz. It was a night like no other.  The threshing floor is out in the…

  • a woman’s story

    A sermon interlude in a series on the book of Ruth. ______________________________ This morning’s sermon represents something of an interlude in our series on the book of Ruth. It’s not that we are turning away from that story today, but we take a step back in order to take a slightly different perspective on this…

  • Dumpster Diving (Ruth 2)

    A sermon preached today – the second in a short series on Ruth. ____________________ Have you heard of Dumpster Diving? It describes the practice of salvaging food or other material that has been thrown away. As Wikipedia informs us, “the term dumpster diving originates from the fanciful image of someone leaping head first into a dumpster…

  • loving kindness (hesed)

    The first sermon in a 5 part series on the Book of Ruth. In this sermon I largely follow the interpretation of Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, from the Interpretation series. ______________________________ As we begin taking a look at the story of Ruth this morning, I’d actually like to begin by drawing our attention to something that…