Tag: Marriage
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“Amen, Amen.” – A Wedding Sermon On Tobit 8:5-8
“Amen, Amen.” Do you remember those words from today’s first reading (Tobit 8:5-8)? A few weeks ago we talked about them and why you chose that reading for today, why that double amen attracted you. “Amen, Amen” is what Tobias and Sarah say at the end of their prayer. They offered their wedding night prayer. Read more
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Selah: Instructions For A Marriage – A Wedding Sermon
Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 67; 1 John 4:7-16; John 15:9-12 Sophie, Tyler, I am going to give you a word for your marriage and life together. It’s a Hebrew word. It’s used seventy-one times in the Book of Psalms. Selah. Do you know that word? Selah. It’s used twice in the psalm you chose for this Read more
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The Double Yes of Marriage – A Wedding Sermon On Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7
Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7 and John 15:9-12 I am going to start by asking you some simple questions – yes or no kind of questions. I don’t mean to put pressure on you but if you get the answers wrong you’ll ruin my sermon and probably your wedding too. Don’t worry, it’ll be easy. Read more
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The Beautiful Risk – A Wedding Sermon
Those are not demands we make on each other. They are gifts we offer each other. And with a true gift there is no holding back. It’s all or nothing. If there is a measure of your marriage, it is love, and the only measure of love is love without measure (St. Augustine). So you… Read more
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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
Interrupting the Silence 