Tag: Featured
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A Prayer For Gilroy, El Paso, And Dayton
O Lord of life, the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens: Our hearts have once again been broken by violence and gunfire; this time in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton. Our eyes waste away with grief. Our spirit shakes with terror. How long, O Lord, how long? Read more
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When Life Ebbs Away – A Sermon On Luke 12:13-21
Proper 13C – Luke 12:13-21 “This very night your life is being demanded of you.” What is demanding and taking your life today? That’s the question I want to begin with. It’s the question that runs through what I am about to say to you. And I hope it’s the question you will take with… Read more
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Let Us Dare To Pray (And Not Just For What We Want) – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13
Proper 12 C – Luke 11:1-13 “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.” It would sure be a lot easier to hear and preach today’s gospel (Luke 11:1-13) if it weren’t for all the unanswered prayers in our lives. I’m not… Read more
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But First…. – A Sermon On Luke 9:51-62
Today’s gospel (Luke 9:51-62) is a difficult one. It’s confrontational and it doesn’t leave much, if any, wiggle room. “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” We’re either looking toward the kingdom or we are not. We’re either responding to the call of… Read more
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Being Free Of God – A Trinity Sunday Sermon on John 16:12-15
Jesus said, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” Maybe there is something unbearable about God. When have you experienced the unbearable in your life? What happened? How did it come about? In what ways are you experiencing the unbearable today? Read more
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Translating God Into A Deed – The Feast of the Ascension
“They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven?’” I don’t think the men in white robes are waiting for an answer. Their question is suggesting that there is somewhere else to be looking. Read more
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Getting To The Heart Of The Migrant Situation – A Sermon On John 14:23-29
Will we live with our hearts at peace or at war? That’s the question each one of us must answer, and we do. Every day we answer that question and our answer to that question determines our way of being toward others. How do we want to be toward the other? Read more
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Giving Existence To More Life – A Sermon On John 21:1-19
Jesus’ resurrection is a call insisting you and I give existence to more life, whether for ourselves or another. We are the ones to continue the story of resurrection. We are the ones to give concrete existence to resurrection. Read more
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Sermons For Holy Week and Easter Sunday (2019)
A collection of sermons preached at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas, for Holy Week and Easter Sunday 2019. Read more
Interrupting the Silence 