Tag: Psalm 23
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Who Are You Living For? – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
Who are you living for these days? I’m not asking what you are living for, but who. Now before you answer let me just say that your spouse, children, grandchildren, best friends, and Jesus don’t count. It’s not because they are wrong answers. It’s because most of the time they are too obvious, safe, and Read more
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People Of The Light – A Sermon On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
It’s been one year. It’s been one hell of a … year. Some days I feel the intensity, the rawness, and the pain of what has happened and what we’ve lost like it happened just yesterday. Other days it feels like it’s been twenty-one years, even a lifetime. It never goes away. I suppose this Read more
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Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
Evening worship on the first anniversary of the Uvalde shooting will be offered on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us in person, online, or whenever might be convenient for you. Thank you for your prayers. Read more
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Let’s Not Be Sheepish About Abundance – A Sermon On John 10:1-10
I have a riddle for you from today’s gospel (John 10:1-10). When is a sheepfold not a sheepfold, a gate not a gate, a thief and a bandit not a thief and a bandit, a shepherd not a shepherd, a sheep not a sheep, and a gatekeeper not a gatekeeper? When they are a figure Read more
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The Question of Reopening – A Sermon on Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10
Jesus says that he is the gate. Gates open and close. Gates keep sheep in, and thieves and bandits out. Gates close to death and open to life. I’m attracted to the gate metaphor because it fits what is happening in our country, our state, our town, your life and my life. I’m talking about… Read more
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And You Shall Live – A Sermon On Ezekiel 37:1-14
Last week we stood in the valley of the shadow of death. This week we stand in the valley of dry bones. They’re not two different valleys. Both are the valley of COVID-19. How fortunate are we that today the valley of dry bones is one of our assigned scripture readings? It’s exactly what we,… Read more
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All Shall Be Well – A Sermon On Psalm 23 And COVID-19
“All shall be well. All shall be well. Every manner of thing shall be well.” I hope you will hold on to what those words say. Let them bind you to faith, hope, and love, and connect you to one another. The theme of those words – all shall be well – is the thread… Read more
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Opening Gates – A Funeral Sermon For A Nonbeliever
What God creates, God loves; and what God loves, God loves everlastingly. I hope that you will hold on to those words. They are the thread that runs through everything we will do here today. They are the thread that runs through everything I will say to you. They are the thread that ran through Read more
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The Abundant Life – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
Does my life matter? Do I make a difference, and if so, how? I suspect we all struggle with these questions or questions like them. I’m pretty sure that at some level they are always with us. And we don’t just want someone else to say yes. We want to be able to say yes… Read more
Interrupting the Silence 