Writings and Sermons
Part 1: The what and the way At the end of July I set out to not only preach nearly every week, but to take time to review my own sermon. Inspired by something a friend said (and knowing that it isn’t reasonable to attend a preaching conference every year), I decided that this was […]
Read MoreVacation isn’t over yet! It’s only through some planning that I haven’t snuck back into office yet. (Okay, I’m not that much of a work-a-holic, but I have started twitching about my email inbox a couple of times.) Sunday’s Gospel was the Wedding at Cana and water into wine. Priest Jones talks about weddings and […]
Read MoreI’m on vacation, didn’t preach on Sunday, so no sermon to review. But, here’s some of the sermon’s I’ve read/listened to this week. (I really like preaching. Especially good preaching.) Bishop Rickel: I don’t know where to start. It includes the words Christology, Ecclesiology, talks about the ancient practices of Baptism, and works a Mary […]
Read MoreSermon Review Link:Epiphany Summary of what I was saying and why: Do you have to be noticed to do something big? This question, and the first two answers I may have tried to preach, have little to do with being a Christian. Theology: Christianity is about being transformed by God’s love Jesus Count: moderate Good […]
Read MoreSermon Review Link: Advent 3, 2012 Summary of what I was saying and why: I spent the first part of the week pondering kindness and what we are fully called to as Christians. After the school shooting in Newton, I wound up changing the end of the sermon. Theology: Divine love Jesus Count: low Good […]
Read MoreSermon Review Link: Advent 2, Year C 2012 Summary of what I was saying and why: John calls us to be prepared for what is coming. And, by virtue of our baptism, we are. Theology: Baptismal Jesus Count: moderate Good News: We have been baptized and are ready. What did I change on my feet? […]
Read MoreSermon Review Link: Advent 1, 2012 Summary of what I was saying and why: It’s the first Sunday if Advent and we have Jesus talking about signs. Unpleasant signs. As Christians we a to be signs of God’s love in this world. Theology: echscatology, living faith Jesus Count: high Good News: Jesus’s promise may include […]
Read MoreSermon Review Link: Christ the King 2012 Summary of what I was saying and why: Jesus is the King. But as co-inheritors with Jesus, so are we. I spend some time building that argument and get to talk about Baptism (!). Theology: evangelism Jesus Count: moderate Good News: We are co-inheritors with Jesus. What did […]
Read MoreLink: Proper 28, 11-18-12 Summary of what I was saying and why: I’m constantly drawn to the assertiveness of Hannah, with Eli but also with God. Part of not being given a spirit of timidity is learning how to identify and ask for “those good things which we dare not, or in our blindness cannot” […]
Read MoreSermon Review Link: All Saints, 11-4-12 Summary of what I was saying and why: This sermon wrote differently. The first line (which I kept) came very early the rest of it sort of trickled out from there. This is one of the sermons I’ve been very tempted to scrap and start over. And it’s also […]
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