Tag: Faith
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It’s A Question Of Consistency – A Sermon On Luke 4:14-21
One of the things I’ve always tried to be with you is consistent. I want who you get on Sunday to be who you get on Monday, Tuesday, the day after, and the one after that. I want what you see in and hear from me to be consistent with the gospel week after week. Read more
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All They Could Do Was Follow The Star – An Epiphany Sermon On Matthew 2:1-12
I’m going to begin by telling you about some epiphanies I’ve had. I offer them not so much to tell you about myself but as an invitation for you to connect to the epiphanies in your life. They may be a little different from what you are used to when you think of an epiphany. Read more
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What’s Next? – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34
What’s next? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. What’s next for Uvalde? What’s next for me and my priesthood? What’s next for St. Philip’s? What’s next for Cyndy and me in our marriage and life together? What’s next for me and my life as an individual, a human being? What’s next? Read more
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“For My Eyes And For My Mind” – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40
“For my eyes and for my mind.” Nearly every week for two years I heard Jimmie say those words. She was a parishioner at my previous parish. Jimmie was almost completely blind. She was confused and losing her memory. Every week her caregiver would bring Jimmie to church for the healing service. Every week she Read more
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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 Read more
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A Reaching Out Kind Of Faith – A Sermon On Matthew 14:22-33
“Just have faith.” “Get more faith.” “You need a stronger faith.” You’ve heard those kind of things, right? Maybe you’ve said or thought them to yourself. I think that’s often how we hear Jesus’ question to Peter in today’s gospel (Matthew 14:22-33).“You of little faith, why did you doubt?” The implication is that if Peter Read more
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Faithful Doubters – A Sermon On Matthew 28:16-20 For Trinity Sunday
It’s Trinity Sunday but I’m not going to say much about the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit. Today I want to focus on the fourth person of the Trinity. You might be thinking, “That makes no sense. Four persons in the Trinity? How can that be? The Trinity is by definition three.” You Read more
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If That’s What Faith Is Like … – A Sermon On Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
“By faith Abraham … set out [for a place], not knowing where he was going.” How’s your faith these days? I ask that question because there are events, times, and seasons in each of our lives when everything we thought we knew or believed is called into question. The narrative of our life has been Read more
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A Better Question For Uvalde
We will never get over what has happened – children were killed, our hearts have been broken, and an image of our hometown has been shattered – but as I said Thursday evening my hope and belief, and even my experience, are that we can get through this. I am reminded of that every time Read more
Interrupting the Silence 