Tag: Matthew 10:40-42

  • One Welcoming After Another – A Sermon On Matthew 10:40-42

    One Welcoming After Another – A Sermon On Matthew 10:40-42

    Every Sunday we read the gospel – words on a page. But every now and then the words come to life. They take shape and form. The words become flesh and sometimes a new building. That’s what happened this past Thursday. A few of you and I gathered with more than one hundred others to Read more

  • Prophetic Tracks – A Sermon On Matthew 10:40-42

    Prophetic Tracks – A Sermon On Matthew 10:40-42

    I wonder if we have become so accustomed to the way things are that we can no longer see the needs of others, the injustices done to them, or their pain. I wonder if that’s why in the last several weeks so many of us are in shock over what is happening in our country… Read more

  • No More Admirably Arranged Lives – A Sermon on Romans 6:12-23

    No More Admirably Arranged Lives – A Sermon on Romans 6:12-23

    A priest was visiting with a new parishioner and asked, “How’s your relationship with God?” The parishioner says, “There’s not much to tell. I like sinning. God likes forgiving. We get along just fine.” That story is an adaptation of some lines from W. H. Auden’s poem, For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio. In Read more