Tag: Growing Up
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Rethinking Repentance – A Sermon On Matthew 4:12-23
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near,” Jesus says in today’s gospel (Matthew 4:12-23) How’s that working for you? Who here has repented today? Anyone? No? Okay, well it’s still early, not even lunch time yet. Did anyone repent over the weekend? No? How about over the past week? No? Is anyone thinking… Read more
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Coming Clean With Ourselves – A Sermon On Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Several years ago I was teaching a class about today’s gospel (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32), the Parable of the Prodigal Son. As soon as class was finished a man who had been sitting in the back of the room started coming toward me. I could tell he was upset. He was probably in his mid-seventies and… Read more
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The Hometown Disadvantage – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 9, Year B – Mark 6:1-13 “Jesus came to his hometown.” He’s left that place where he healed Jairus’ daughter and the hemorrhaging women and has returned to Nazareth. It’s the place where he grew up and spent the first thirty years of his life. He’s come home. Some of… Read more
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Who Would You Be If You Ever Became Fully Yourself? – A Sermon on Matthew 10:24-39
Who would you be if you ever became fully yourself? What new possibilities might arise? How would your relationships change? What fears would disappear? How do you imagine your life would be different? The sword Jesus brings is the sword of separation. It is neither a rejection of family and relationships nor is it destructive… Read more
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Growing Up
Luke 2:49. “[Jesus] said to them, ‘Why are you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’” Growing up isn’t limited to children or a particular age group. Regardless of age, we are all in the process of growing up, and that is hard work. Ultimately, growing up… Read more
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No Longer a Manger Baby: Letting Jesus Grow Up – A Sermon on Luke 2:41-52
“Child, why have you treated us like this?” Sound familiar? Do you know those words? Do they take you back to another time, another place? Think back to your childhood. Do you remember hearing those words or words like them? Think about your own children and your parenting of them. Did you ever say anything… Read more
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Growing Up And Moving Home – A Sermon On Luke 2:41-52
The lectionary offers three options for the Second Sunday After Christmas. My parish will be celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. We used the Matthew option last year. So this year I choose Luke 2:41-52 as our gospel text. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the… Read more
Interrupting the Silence 