An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
“But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about [his teaching], said to them, ‘Does this offend you?’” Let’s start there. Who’s offended by today’s gospel (John 6:56-69)? Raise your hand if you are. Anyone? No one? When was…
Read More When The Gospel Gets Flesh And Blood Real – A Sermon On John 6:56-69
Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash Several years ago my mom and dad went to a reunion of some of their military friends. It was a gathering of the old soldiers and their wives. The men had served together in…
Read More Is There Life Within You? – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
When my younger son was about three or four he came into the kitchen one evening and said he was hungry. I told him I was working on supper and it would be a little bit longer. “But I’m really…
Read More “But I’m Really Hungry!” – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
We so often hear Jesus say, “I am the bread of life,” and we assume he is the only loaf in the basket. But what if that is not what he is saying? What if he is not claiming to be the exclusive loaf of bread in this world? What if he is teaching us is what the bread of life looks like so we can find it in this world, so we can become that bread, so we can be that bread for another?
Proper 15B - John 6:51-58 Shortly before I began the fourth grade my mom, dad, sister, and I took a trip to Kansas City. We spent the night at the airport Holiday Inn. I remember us sitting around the pool…
Read More Playing The Game Of Life – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
6:52. "The Jews disputed among themselves, saying, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'” The short answer to the dispute we read about in our lesson from John is love. The longer answer fills thousands of books.…
Read More Who Has Nourished Your Life?
John 6:49, 51a. "Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died…. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever." Manna and living bread are both necessary, because…
Read More Meeting Our Daily Nutritional Requirements
The collect and readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 15B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 6:51-58. A friend of mine called last week. She asked, “How are you?” It’s a common question,…
Read More Eat Me, Drink Me – A Sermon on John 6:51-58; Proper 15B
The collect and reading for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 14B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 6:35, 41-51. It was supposed to be another feeding, or so they thought. That’s why everyone showed…
Read More Holy Bread for Holy Hunger – A Sermon on John 6:35, 41-51; Proper 14B
The collect and readings for today, Proper 13B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 6:24-35. We live as hungry people in a hungry world. Everyone is looking for something that will sustain and nourish life,…
Read More The Bread We Eat – A Sermon on John 6:24-35; Proper 13B
Interrupting the Silence 