Grace for Discipline, Lent 2018
Morsels & Stories: I talked about the liturgical life-cycle of palms. Sermon: I preached on the collect today. Listen:
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Ash Wednesday 2018
Dear friends in Christ, every year at the time of the Christian Passover we celebrate our redemption through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lent is a time to prepare for this celebration and to renew our life in the paschal mystery. We begin this holy season by remembering our need for […]
Read MoreFunny, Tenacious, Kind, Maundy Thursday 2017
How would you describe your Church? Without using family, loving, welcoming, or community. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Jn13:1-17, 31B-35. Listen:
Read MoreBetrayed, Spy Wednesday 2017
Holy Wednesday is called Spy Wednesday because this is the day, tradition holds, that Judas went to betray Jesus to the High Priests. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Jn 13:21-32. Listen:
Read MorePalm Sunday 2017
Morsels & Stories: I talked about the anti-semitism that some of the Good Friday rubrics are responding to. I used some of the suggestions in Amy Jill Levine’s The Misunderstood Jew. Sermon: There were two parades entering Jerusalem that day. And a whole other group of people plotting and scheming. How do we understand where […]
Read MoreDry Bones and Creation, Lent 5 2017
Morsels & Stories: I talked about the liturgical epiclesis. Sermon: Every three years this reading is not only an option in the Vigil service but is read on Lent 5. I love Ezekiel with the dry bones. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Ezekiel 37:1-14. […]
Read MoreLoved, Lent 4 2017
Morsels & Stories: I read a story from Does God have a Big Toe? Sermon: I draw a comparison between the man born blind and Job. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 9:1-41. Listen:
Read MoreLiving Water, Lent 3 2017
Morsels & Stories: As we’ll be reading banns of marriage for a parishioner I talked about the history of marriage and why we don’t often reads banns anymore. Sermon: Phoenicians, living water, and inimical seas. The lessons can be found by clicking here. While I worked with both Exodus 17:1-7 and John 4:5-42, I was […]
Read MoreBlessed, Lent 2 2017
Morsels & Stories: I talked about pnuema and ruach and the wordplay Jesus and Nicodemus engaged in. Sermon: Abram is blessed to be a blessing. What he, and we, get wrong and the enduring good news of God’s blessing. The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely […]
Read MoreKnow who you are, Lent 1 2017
Morsels & Stories: I talk about our Old Testament reading and apples and pomegranates. Sermon: What part of resisting temptation is having a community know and remind us of who we are? The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 4:1-11. Listen:
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