Tag: Tragedy
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What’s Your One Thing? – A Sermon On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting
Wednesday of this week I was at the civic for the press conference announcing a settlement between the City of Uvalde and some of the families whose children died in the Robb School shooting. Two years ago tonight I was at the civic center with families as they awaited an announcement about their children. We Read more
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We Have Some Decisions To Make – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21 And John 20:19-23
We have some decisions to make – as individuals, as a parish, and as a city. They are important decisions, not unlike the decision facing the disciples in today’s gospel (John 20:19-23) I say that in light of and specifically in reference to last Wednesday, May 24th, the first anniversary of the Robb School shooting. Read more
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If That’s What Faith Is Like … – A Sermon On Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
“By faith Abraham … set out [for a place], not knowing where he was going.” How’s your faith these days? I ask that question because there are events, times, and seasons in each of our lives when everything we thought we knew or believed is called into question. The narrative of our life has been Read more
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Can I Get An “Amen”? – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13
“Lord, teach us to pray,” one of the disciples asked Jesus in today’s gospel (Luke 11:1-13). I wonder what’s behind his request. When you reflect on your own life of prayer what do you imagine he’s really asking? In what ways might he be echoing our desire and struggle to pray? I wonder if something Read more
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Choosing The Better Part – A Sermon On Luke 10:38-42
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things.” Given everything that has happened the last couple of months in Uvalde, our nation, and the world, not to mention whatever has gone on in our personal lives, those words from Jesus in today’s gospel (Luke 10:38-42) just might be the gospel understatement of the Read more
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Reimagining Our Lives – A Sermon On Luke 13:1-9 and Exodus 3:1-15
As I reflected on today’s gospel (Luke 13:1-9) and prepared this sermon I thought about the Russian war on Ukraine, the six million covid deaths worldwide, the collision between a pick up truck and a van that killed nine last Tuesday, the death of my son and other tragedies in my life. Not much has Read more
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Struggling With The Cross – A Good Friday Sermon On John 18:1-19:42
Before I talk about Good Friday I want to talk about Bad Friday. That’s the Friday that I struggle with. Don’t you? How are we to make sense of an all powerful, can do anything, kind of God who seemingly chooses to do nothing? That’s the Bad Friday question. Read more
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A Litany for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
O God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, Have mercy upon us.O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,Have mercy upon us.O God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier of the faithful,Have mercy upon us.O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, one God,Have mercy upon us. Hear our prayers, O Christ, our God.Hear us, Read more
Interrupting the Silence 