Writings and Sermons
Bishop Jane preached this Sunday celebration of St. Peter’s 100th anniversary and Bella’s baptism. I have no idea what I might’ve preached on. Priest Giroux, Blest be the ties that bind “I can only testify to my own experience. I feel that presence in the bread and cup of the Eucharist. I feel that presence […]
Read MoreLink: In Which Paul is Wiser, Easter 6 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I love this story. Paul in Athens at the altar to an unknown God. Early last week, I was talking about some troubling part of theology and how I resolved it for myself with Genesis 1. All things […]
Read MoreLink: God’s Inn, Easter 5, 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I got entranced early in the week with the idea of God being the connection between each of our vast creative possibilities. But I couldn’t figure out how to preach it. Then I remembered the story I mention. And sermon. Theology: […]
Read MoreLink: Shepherds, Baptism, and Abundance, Easter 4 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: Good Shepherd with a bad death coming up. Acts and Baptism. Holding all things in common and stewardship. Abundant life that risks and loses everything. Theology: stewardship Jesus Count: low Good News: We are called to abundant life where […]
Read MoreLink: Amid the Crumbs, Easter 3 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I was not supposed to preach this week. But due to email and schedule mishaps I did. There were two bits of the Gospel that had grabbed me. When Jesus asks the disciples what thugs had happened and the brokenness […]
Read MoreLink: Touch and Taste and See, Easter 2 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I love this story. At the second service we had an Easter Festival of Readings and Praise, so this was meant to be a brief sermon. Theology: Eucharistic Jesus Count: average Good News: Taste and see that the […]
Read MoreLink: Darkest Hour, Palm Sunday 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: Palm/Passion Sunday is wonderful and really hard to preach. And I don’t know how not to say something. I started thinking about how attractive Jesus must have seemed, riding into Jerusalem. It could all be real…and then we’re outside the tomb, […]
Read MoreLink: Bound by Toilet Paper, Lent 5 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: As so many others do, I love Ezekiel and the dry bones. And I can’t read it without hearing a story of (re)creation. And then with Lazarus the question of how bound we are appeared. Theology: Salvation Jesus Count: […]
Read MoreLink: Water Enough, Lent 3 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I’d preached on the woman at the well last year and wasn’t ready to go back there. I love preaching on water because it means baptism. Somewhere I got stuck on the question of enough water. And then “enough water for […]
Read MoreAfter the mad dash of the last six months, I’m taking a few days off to sleep, unpack and enjoy my new home. As is my custom, here are some of the sermons is particularly enjoyed for Lent 2. Priest Downs, Revealed Honesty and the Christian “Repeating back the liturgy with our noses in a […]
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