Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Proper 9B

  • What If You Already Are Enough? – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13

    What If You Already Are Enough? – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13

    In the summer of 2000 Cyndy and I moved from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Sewanee, Tennessee, for me to attend seminary. A few months before we left Cyndy asked the wife of our priest about being a clergy spouse. “What’s it like being married to the priest?” she asked. Speaking about her husband, she said, Read more

  • The Hometown Disadvantage – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13

    The Hometown Disadvantage – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13

    Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 9, Year B – Mark 6:1-13 “Jesus came to his hometown.” He’s left that place where he healed Jairus’ daughter and the hemorrhaging women and has returned to Nazareth. It’s the place where he grew up and spent the first thirty years of his life. He’s come home. Some of Read more

  • Christ Comes to our Hometown

    [Jesus] left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 2On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are Read more