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Offering Without Expectation – An Advent Sermon On Luke 1:26-38
What are your plans for Christmas? That’s been a common question the last couple of weeks. It’s a question I’ve asked and been asked. Some are traveling, others are staying home. Some will have a big gathering of family and friends, others will have a more quiet low key Christmas. Food and gifts are parts…
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Might We Also Be Mothers Of God?
“If by God’s Holy Ghost thou art beguiled,There will be born in thee the Eternal Child. If it’s like Mary, virginal and pure,Then God will impregnate your soul for sure. God make me pregnant, and his Spirit shadow me,That God may rise up in my soul and shatter me. What good does Gabriel’s “Ave, Mary”…
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Make A Beginning Worthy Of Your Life – An Advent Sermon On Mark 1:1-8
I’m jealous of John the Baptizer. In today’s gospel (Mark 1:1-8) he experiences what every preacher dreams of. He has been “the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’” He’s been pushing the people to rethink, reevaluate, reconsider their lives. And darned if they…
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The Beginning Is Near – An Advent Sermon On Mark 13:24-37
After the start of the Israel-Hamas war I heard comments about the end of the world. A couple of people asked me if I thought the end was near. I heard the same kind of comments and questions after the Robb School shooting. I also heard them following the January 6 insurrection. And just a…
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Thanksgiving And Prayer
“Thus we should all give thanks to Him, as it is said: ‘In everything give thanks’ (1 Thess. 5:18). Closely linked to this phrase is another of St Paul’s injunctions: ‘Pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess. 5:17), that is, be mindful of God at all time, in all places, and in every circumstance. For no matter…
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The Opposites Within Us – A Sermon On Genesis 25:21-34
I’m going to try something different today. I’ve not done this before and I’ll probably never do it again. But it feels like the right thing to do this morning. I’m not going to preach on one of the assigned lectionary readings. A couple of months ago I received a gift from a friend and…
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Becoming Ourselves – An All Saints Sermon On Revelation 7:9-17
I want you to take a moment and in your head list as many saints as you can. If you need some help you can look at today’s bulletin and the Litany of Saints we prayed at the beginning of the liturgy but remember, that litany is not exhaustive. As we heard in our first…
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A Litany of Saints
O God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, Have mercy upon us. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy upon us. O God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier of the faithful, Have mercy upon us. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, one God, Have mercy upon us. Holy Mary, Mother of God…
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Doing Love
This past Sunday I preached on the two great commandments, to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. We usually associate love with a feeling toward another. We love some people but not others. We love sometimes but not all the time. Love as a feeling is based on circumstances. Jesus, however, commands love…
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Interrupting the Silence 