Tag: Easter 5C

  • Love Abhors A Vacuum – A Sermon On John 13:31-35

    Love Abhors A Vacuum – A Sermon On John 13:31-35

    “Where I am going, you cannot come,” Jesus says to his disciples in today’s gospel (John 13:31-35). It’s the night of the last supper and Jesus knows his time to depart this world has come. “Little children,” he says to them, “I am with you only a little longer.”  Peter wants to know where Jesus is Read more

  • Yes Means Letting Go – A Sermon On John 13:31-35

    Yes Means Letting Go – A Sermon On John 13:31-35

    I was invited to be the guest preacher at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, on the Sunday before The Rev. Beth Knowlton, rector of St. Mark’s, began her sabbatical.  ————— I want to start by being very direct with a couple of things I have to say to you all and to you Beth. Read more

  • Loving Our Way to a New Heaven and a New Earth

    Loving Our Way to a New Heaven and a New Earth

    “I saw a new heaven and a new earth,” St. John says. “I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” I heard “the one who was seated on the throne [say], ‘See, I am making all things new.’” In the last two weeks I have seen and heard Read more