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Co-conspirators with God – A Sermon for the Feast of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21; Ezekiel 37:1-14
The collect and readings for the Feast of Pentecost may be found here. Think about a moment when you held another person so close that you could hear his or her breathing, the sound of life. Maybe it was your husband or wife, a parent, your child, or a grandchild. You could feel his or…
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A Lived Amen – A Sermon on John 17:6-19; Easter 7B
The collect and readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 17:6-19. “Protect them from the evil one,” Jesus prays. We live in a dangerous world. I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. We read about the dangers of this world every day.…
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“Why do you stand looking up to heaven?” – A Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension
The collect and readings for the Feast of the Ascension may be found here. The following sermon is based on Acts 1:1-11 and Luke 24:44-53. We live in a world in which up is better than down. Singers want to be at the top of the charts, athletes want to be on top of their…
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Candy Wrappers and the Love of Christ – A Sermon on John 15:9-17; Easter 6B
The collect and readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 15:9-17. The summer before my fourth grade year we moved to my mom’s hometown where we would live while my dad was in Viet Nam. The day before he left we drove to Kansas…
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Tell the Story
Elie Wiesel tells the following story in his book, The Gates of the Forest: When the great Rabbi Israel Baal Shem-Tov saw misfortune threatening the Jews it was his custom to go into a certain part of the forest to meditate. There he would light a fire, say a special prayer, and the miracle would…
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Quotations from St. Julian of Norwich.
Today, May 8, is the Feast of St. Julian of Norwich. When Julian was thirty years old she became gravely ill and was given last rites. On the seventh day of her illness, all pain left her, and she had a series of fifteen vision of our Lord’s passion. She recorded these in a book…
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The Fruitfulness of Staying Connected – A Sermon on John 15:1-8, Easter 5B
The collect and readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 15:1-8. Some branches produce fruit and are pruned, cared for and nurtured. Some branches do not produce fruit and are removed, thrown away and burned. We are a people of productivity. It is, for…
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Interrupting the Silence 