Morsels & Stories: We practice casting lots. This a surprisingly long Biblical practice. It can feel a bit odd and a little bit fun (at least the way we tried it).
Sermon: The disciples fill Judas’s place among them. Which was an act of faith and trust in the Holy Spirit.
The lessons can be found by clicking here (link). I worked most closely with Acts 1:15-17 21-26.
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Morsels & Stories: I read from The Spy on Noah’s Ark
Sermon: Jesus compares his relationship with God to our relationship with Jesus while Peter lives that out.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. (link) I worked with Act 10:44-48 and John 15:9-17.
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Morsels & Stories: I talk about the Eucharist Prayer we’re using in Easter and some of the reasons I like the BAS. If you want to read the pages I talk about and don’t have a Book of Alternative Services, you can borrow one from St Peter’s or read them online here: link.
Sermon: Where did Philip come from? What authority does he have to speak with the Ethiopian Eunuch?
The lessons can be found by clicking here (link). I worked most closely with Acts 8:26-40.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about why I keep sharing the 10 Rules for Respect. (I borrowed them from Bishop Rickel and you can see his version here link.)
Sermon: Jesus looks at his recently deserting, scared and lost disciples and calls them his witnesses.
The lessons for today can be found be here link. I worked most closely with Luke 24: 36B-48.
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Art by Heather Gerber, paper cutting
Morsels & Stories: I read from The Ethiopian Tattoo Shop by Edward Hays. It seemed appropriate for April Fool’s Day.
Sermon: Mary, Mary, and Salome went to do what their mother’s taught them.
I worked most closely with Mark 16:1-8 which you can find here (link).
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about vacation and Benedictine balance. I read from Sr Joan Chittister’s commentary on The Rule of Benedict.
Sermon: Jesus promises to be with us always, also he ascends to heaven.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 17:1-11.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about #praytoendfamine. You can learn more here.
Sermon: Jesus tells us to love him and keep his commandments. What does Jesus tell us about how we best keep commandments?
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 14:15-21.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about the part of the Eucharistic Prayer called the anamnesis. How time gets slippery, bringing the past forward so it is present with us during the Eucharist. I read from “The Cult as Recapitulation of the History of Salvation,” Jean Jacques von Allman’s essay in Primary Sources of Liturgical Theology.
Sermon: Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and it is a way that leads back through the ancient texts and commandments.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 14:1-14.
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Morsels & Stories: I read from the introduction to Rabbi Kushner’s reflection on psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd.
Sermon: I remember a story we read about a month ago about Samuel heading off to anoint the boy out in the field with the sheep.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 10:1-10. The story about Samuel is from 1 Samuel 16:1-13.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about Mary Magdalene and easter eggs.
Sermon: Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia!
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Mt 28:1-10.
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