An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
“Lord, teach us to pray,” one of the disciples asked Jesus in today’s gospel (Luke 11:1-13). I wonder what’s behind his request. When you reflect on your own life of prayer what do you imagine he’s really asking? In what…
Read More Can I Get An “Amen”? – 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…
Read More Let Us Dare To Pray (And Not Just For What We Want) – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13
“One of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’” (From Luke 11:1-13, Proper 12C.) As I recall my own life of prayer, prayers I have heard, and conversations I have had about prayer I can’t help but…
Read More Unanswered Prayer? A Sermon on Luke 11:1-13
The collect and readings for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 12, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 11:1-13. He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to…
Read More Prayer: A To-Do List For God?
In his book, The Holy Longing (pp.189-91), Fr. Ron Rohlheiser says, "In the world's schema of things, survival of the fittest is the rule. In God's schema, survival of the weakest is the rule. God always stands on the side…
Read More A Lord’s Prayer for Justice
Interrupting the Silence 