Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Jesus

  • Standing On The Threshold Eve – Ponderings And A Prayer For 2022

    Standing On The Threshold Eve – Ponderings And A Prayer For 2022

    As we move closer to the New Year and that threshold Eve between 2021 and 2022, I’ve been thinking of the Israelites standing at the Eve of their entry into the Promised Land.  What do you imagine they were thinking, feeling, and saying as they stood at that Eve and looked onto the Promised Land? Read more

  • Grace Upon Grace – A Sermon On John 1:1-18

    Grace Upon Grace – A Sermon On John 1:1-18

    Pecan pie. That’s what I thought about as I was reading today’s gospel (John 1:1-18) and preparing for this sermon. I thought about pecan pie. I know, it’s a strange connection but stick with me. It’s not as much of a half-baked idea as it sounds. A couple days before Christmas Cyndy and I were Read more

  • A Question to be Lived – A Sermon on Matthew 16:13-20

    A Question to be Lived – A Sermon on Matthew 16:13-20

    “But who do you say that I am?” (From Proper 16A, Matthew 16:13-20) Let me tell you some of the answers I’ve heard or read. My personal Lord and Savior. The Son of God. God incarnate. He’s my life, the song I sing, my everything. Buddy, brother, friend, homeboy. Rock, comforter, coach. Teacher. Example. The Read more

  • Today is the Moment of Christ’s Presence, A Sermon on Luke 4:14-21

    “I feel like I live with one foot in the past and one foot in the future,” he said. That’s how a friend of mine once described his life. He went on to tell me about events of the past, lost opportunities, wounds, and regrets. There was an emptiness about him. He sounded trapped and Read more

  • Wine Time, A Sermon on John 2:1-11

    “They have no wine.” With those words Mary speaks a truth about our lives, a truth that at some point we all experience. There comes a day when the wine gives out. The glass is empty. The party is over. On that day life seems empty and dry. There is no vibrancy or vitality. Nothing Read more

  • Seeing Our Way to a New Life

    “My teacher, let me see again.” It’s the obvious answer to Jesus’ question. What else would a blind man ask for? It may be the obvious answer but it is not always the answer given. No one wants to be blind. That’s not the question. The deeper question is whether we really want to see. Read more

  • Don’t Confuse Wealth with Life

    The collect and readings for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Mark 10:17-31. The man in today’s gospel has plenty of stuff but something is missing. His life is full but he is empty. Despite his acquisitions and accumulations he is searching for more. Read more

  • A Soft Heart Heals the Divorces of our Lives

    The collect and readings for today, the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 22B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Mark 10:2-16. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” Divorce is a question that affects all of us. Some of us have dealt with it in our own lives Read more

  • Openness Cures Deafness

    The collect and readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on the second part of the day’s gospel, Mark 7:31-37. “They brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment.” The gospel does not tell us much about this man. We don’t Read more