Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C
March 27, 2022 Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 3 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Stories. Stories are told for entertainment and stories are told to teach. Some stories provide both. …
Sermon for Second Sunday in Lent, Year C
March 13, 2022 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 In his letter to the church in Philippi, the apostle Paul warns its members of the “enemies …
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent, Year C
March 6, 2022 Deuteronomy 36:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Luke tells us that Jesus, after his baptism, is lead by the Spirit into the wilderness …
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
March 2, 2022 One of my favorite parts of this service is the Invitation to a Holy Lent which I will issue to you after my sermon. In it we …
Sermon for Transfiguration Sunday, Year C
February 27, 2022 The face of Moses shines after he speaks with God, and on the mountain where Jesus goes to pray, his face changes and his clothes become …
Sermon for Epiphany VII, Year C
February 20, 2022 Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 Luke 6:27-38 Yesterday we held the 150th annual diocesan convention virtually. The bishop remarked that he …
Sermon for Epiphany VI, Year C
February 13, 2022 Jeremiah 17: 5-10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26 In Jeremiah the analogies of tree roots and a stream are used to represent a faith …
Sermon for Epiphany V, Year C
February 6, 2022 Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 “But by the grace of God I am what I am,” Paul writes, “and his grace toward me …
Sermon for Epiphany IV, Year C
January 30, 2022 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 After Jesus begins his ministry, he returns to his hometown where he was not received well. As …
Sermon for Epiphany III, Year C
January 23, 2022 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 56, 8-10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 We began today’s worship with a collect asking God for the grace to “answer readily …