Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Lent 1B

  • No Temptation, No Salvation – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15

    No Temptation, No Salvation – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15

    Over the last several years I’ve found myself, more often than not, rethinking and working to unlearn much of what I’ve been told and come to believe and understand about God and what it means to be in relationship with the Divine. I’ve encouraged you to do the same. It’s part of my teaching and Read more

  • The Most Important Day Of Your Life – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15

    The Most Important Day Of Your Life – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15

    In some ways the past year has felt like a long never ending season of Lent. It has been a time of fasting, self-denial, and giving up; a time when people and things have been lost or taken from us; a time that is continually pointing to our mortality and the fragility of life. What… Read more

  • The Wilderness Of Gun Violence – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15

    The Wilderness Of Gun Violence – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15

    The First Sunday in Lent – Mark 1:9-15 I don’t know how I can stand before you today with any sense of integrity and faithfulness and not say something about the Florida shooting. Something has to be said. I’m just not sure what to say or what can be said. I’m struggling with that. And Read more

  • Leave Home, Get Baptized, Go to the Wilderness – A Sermon on Mark 1:9-15, Lent 1B.

    The collect and readings for the First Sunday in Lent may be found here. The following sermon is based on Mark 1:9-15. At some point we all leave home. It is something we do throughout our lives. Over and over we leave home. We’ve all done it. We leave home physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We Read more