Interrupting the Silence

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  • Smelling the Fragrance of Beauty – A Sermon On John 12:1-8

    Smelling the Fragrance of Beauty – A Sermon On John 12:1-8

    I want to think with you today about poverty and that last line from today’s gospel (John 12:1-8) in which Jesus says, “You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” What do you make of that? Who are the poor Jesus is talking about? Whose faces do you see? Read more

  • Thieves and Lovers of the Common Purse – A Sermon on John 12:1-8

    The collect and readings for this Sunday, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 12:1-8. Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one Read more