First Sunday After the Epiphany, Year A
January 8, 2022 Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Friday night several of us gathered at the Barnett Farm for a 12th Night Celebration. This was a …
Sermon for Christmas Day
Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1:1-4 John 1:19-14 We are here to celebrate, as we did last night, the arrival of Jesus. We remember his birth and …
Sermon for Christmas Eve
December 24, 2022 Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-4 Luke 2:1-20 Christmas is finally here! After four weeks of waiting, more if you work in retail, Christmas is actually …
Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A
December 18, 2022 Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 Romans 1:107 Matthew 1:18-25 From Isaiah we just heard: “The Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman …
Third Sunday of Advent, Year A
Gaudete Sunday (past the half-way point) December 11, 2022 Isaiah 35:1-10 Canticle 15 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 Growing up, I believed the pink candle on …
Last Sunday After Pentecost, Christ the King, Proper 29, Year C
Jeremiah was a prophet who lived before and after the fall of Jerusalem. Before the fall, he warned the people that because they had betrayed God’s covenant, their kingdom would …
Sermon for Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 28, Year C
November 13, 2022 Malachi 4:1-2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 After speaking of wars, natural disasters, persecutions, and imprisonment that his followers will face, Jesus says, …
Sermon for Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 26, Year C
October 30, 2022 Isaiah 1:10-18 Psalm 32:1-8 2 Thessalonians 1:-4, 11-12 Luke 19:1-10 Jesus sees Zacchaeus, and says, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your …
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25, Year C
October 23, 2022 Sirach 35:12-17 Psalm 84:1-6 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 Our first reading today was from Ecclesiasticus. We have been reading from this book …
Sermon for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 24, Year C
October 16, 2022 Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 121 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 In the second letter to Timothy, we read: “As for you, continue in what you have learned …