Tag: Peter Fishing
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It’s Not About The Fish – A Sermon On Luke 5:1-11
For as long as I can remember, whenever I’ve come to today’s gospel (Luke 5:1-11) my focus has always been on the great catch of fish – two boatloads of fish. That’s a lot of fish – so many fish the nets were beginning to break, so many fish the boats began to sink. Simon Read more
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What’s The Story Of Your Easter? – A Sermon On John 21:1-19
I want to begin by asking a couple of questions about the Easter story. Here’s my first question. It’s pretty simple. If I asked you tell the Easter story, what would you say? How would you tell it? Most of us, I suspect, would talk about Jesus and his death and resurrection. We might offer Read more
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Desire Beyond Desire – A Sermon On Luke 5:1-11
On the surface it would be easy to hear today’s story (Luke 5:1-11) as one in which Jesus fulfills the desires of Peter and the others; the desire to catch fish, the desire to be successful, the desire to make a living. I don’t think that’s a correct reading of this story. I don’t think… Read more
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A Sermon for Easter 3C, John 21:1-19. Dark Night Fishing or Resurrection?
The collect and readings for the Third Sunday of Easter may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 21:1-19. After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. 2Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana Read more
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Guaranteed Catch – A Sermon for Epiphany 5C
The collect and readings for today, the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, may be found here. The gospel appointed for today is Luke 5:1-11: Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2he saw two boats there at the Read more
Interrupting the Silence 