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 …
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23, Year C
Sunday, October 9, 2022 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 Jesus heals ten lepers, but only one returns to give thanks. Jesus asks, “Were …
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 22, Year C
October 2, 2022 Habakkuk 11-4, 2:1-4 Psalm 37:1-10 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 I confess that when I read lessons like the one from Luke, I have trouble. Jesus …