Sermon for Proper 22, Year B- October 3, 2021

Genesis 2:18-24                 Psalm 8                Hebrews 1:1-4,2:5-12     Mark 10:2-16                 Today we begin our readings with the second creation story- not the one in which God created living creatures …

Sermon for Proper 21, Year B- September 26, 2021

Sermon for Proper 21, Year B September 26, 2021 Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29                     Psalm 19:7-14                    James 5:13-20                    Mark 9:38-50                 There is a thread that runs through the readings today …

Sermon for Proper 20, Year B- September 19, 2021

Sermon for Proper 20, Year B September 19, 2021 Jeremiah 11:18-20                            Psalm 54                              James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a                       Mark 99:30-37           Last Sunday I talked about James teaching us that words and …

Sermon for Proper 19, Year B- Sunday, September 12, 2021

September 12, 2021 Isaiah 50:4-9a                                     Psalm 19                                              James 3:1-12                      Mark 8:27-38                 Before today’s lesson from the Epistle of St. James, in the second chapter, he writes, “faith by itself, …

Sermon for Proper 17- Year B, Sunday August, 29, 2021

Sermon for Proper 17, Year B August 29, 2021 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9                Psalm 15              James 1:17-27                    Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23           A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, …

Sermon for Proper 16, Year B- August 22, 2021

Sermon for Proper 16, Year B August 22, 2021 Joshua 24: 1-2a, 14-18                    Psalm 34:15-22                  Ephesians 6:10-20                            John 6:56-69   For the past three Sunday’s our gospel reading has been …

Sermon for Proper 15, Year B- August 15, 2021

Sermon for Proper 15, Year B August 15, 2021 Proverbs 9:1-6                                   Psalm 34:9-14                    Ephesians 5:15-20                            John 6:52-58           In Proverbs we read, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of …

Sermon for Proper 14, Year B- August 8, 2021

Sermon for Proper 14, Year B August 8, 2021 1 Kings 19:4-8                    Psalm 34:1-8                          Ephesians 4:25-5:2                        John 6:35, 41-51 As we anticipate the beginning of school in the midst …

Sermon for Proper 13, Year B, August 1, 2021

Sermon for Proper 13, Year B August 1, 2021 Exodus 16:4,9-15              Psalm 78:23-29                                 Ephesians 4:1-16                               John 6:24-35           Jesus feeds the 5,000 bread and fish, then leaves for Capernaum.  When …

Sermon for Proper12, Year B, July 25, 2021

Sermon for Proper 12, Year B July 25, 2021 2 Kings 4:42-44                  Psalm 145:10-19                                Ephesians 3:14-21                            John 6:1-21           I confess, that before I went to seminary, I didn’t pay …