An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
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…
Read More Faithful Doubters – A Sermon On Matthew 28:16-20 For Trinity Sunday
Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash Jesus said to the disciples, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” When I read today’s gospel (John 16:12-15) about the unbearable and began preparing this sermon I thought…
Read More Living The Unbearable In Uvalde – A 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?
Trinity Sunday, Year A: Matthew 28:16-20 “They worshipped him; but some doubted” (Matthew 28:17). That’s not a bad place to begin a sermon on Trinity Sunday. That little phrase from today’s gospel (Matthew 28:16-20) seems to me an authentic and…
Read More We Worship and We Doubt – A Trinity Sunday Sermon on Matthew 28:16-20
John 16:12-15, Feast of the Holy Trinity “Jesus said to the disciples, ‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now’” (John 16:12). When I hear Jesus talking about the unbearable things of life…
Read More Bearing the Unbearable – A Sermon on John 16:12-15 for the Feast of the Holy Trinity
What I am about to tell you may sound a bit strange. It might even sound as if I am being unfaithful and inappropriate, especially today, the Feast of the Holy Trinity. I think it’s important, however, even necessary. Ready?…
Read More Stop Thinking About God – A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity
I do not intend to try and explain the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons. Some might hear that as a strange or even unfaithful beginning for a sermon on this day, the Feast of the Holy Trinity. Others,…
Read More God the Unbearable, A Sermon on the Holy Trinity
No sooner do I conceive of the One than I am illumined by the Splendor of the Three; no sooner do I distinguish Them than I am carried back to the One. When I think of any One of the Three…
Read More Gregory of Nazianzus on the Three and the One
The collect and readings for the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Romans 8:12-17 and John 3:1-17. When my younger son, Randy, was about four years old he would wake…
Read More A Sermon for Trinity Sunday – Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
My hope is the Father. My refuge is the Son. My shelter is the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to you. - St. Ioannikos, 9th century (Prayer Book of the Early Christians)
Interrupting the Silence 