Writings and Sermons
Link: Holy Ground 6 Sept 13 Summary of what I was saying and why: These are not happy readings. Lamentations, Timothy needing bucking up, disciples asking for more faith and being told they are slaves. And when I read through them two things stood out Timothy inherited his faith (as we have ours) and the […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all of them a bit. What is Holy Ground? Listen:
Read MoreLink: Angels and Coyote, Michelmas 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I wanted to work with the richness and variety of angels in the Bible. Tricksters are almost and not at all analogous, so I brought Coyote in a little. (Coyote stories can be found here among other places.) Theology: Angelology Jesus […]
Read MoreThe Anglican Church of Canada allows that, when the 29th is on a Sunday, Michelmas is celebrated. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with the Biblical tradition of Angels. Do not be afraid. Angels exist to speak God in our lives. Listen
Read MoreLink: Ambiguity if not Doubt, 22 Sept 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Any honest preacher should tell you that this is and exceptionally tough passage to understand and even tougher to preach. The more work I did to understand it, the less I did. So this is my attempt to approach […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 16:1-13. The Unjust Steward. A parable that defies any fully satisfactory explanation. Of all the crazy things Jesus says, this one is really out there. The episode of This American Life that I reference is ‘How I Got Into College.” You can […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with 1 Timothy 1:12-17. ‘Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra’ (2nd episode, 5th season of Star Trek the Next Generation) is about understanding and translation. Listen:
Read MoreLink: Community, Sept 8. 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I’ve spent years now wondering about the question I posed: what kind of community lets the tower go unfinished and laughs at the builder? Is that the community we are/want to be? Then I wanted to create a space for St Peter’s […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 14:25-33. Unfinished towers and warring kings–which may be about neither. This is an interactive sermon, I hope it can be heard and understood. My apologies if not. Listen: Notes Bene: >The Anglican Church of Canada uses the Roman numbering system. So […]
Read MoreIn the last month almost everything has changed. I’m living in a new city and country; part of a new Diocese in a new Province, rector of a new parish, and settling into my new apartment. Everything is more than fine. Not only is the dog still with me, but Edmonton, my parish, and the […]
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