God’s Social Covenant, Lent 3 2016

Morsels and Stories: In our continuing look at Eucharist, I read from Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved about how Eucharist shapes our lives.   Sermon:  God is always with us and always loves us.   The lessons for today can be found by clicking here.  I worked with 1 Cor 10:1-13. Listen:

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The Kingdom of God doesn’t include poverty, Novemeber 2015

Morsels and Stories: We talked a bit about The Hon Capt Davis, the first rector of St Peter’s and military chaplain.  You can read more about his military career here. Sermon: The widow’s mite is about the widow and her mite, and what the people of God weren’t (and aren’t) hearing in Jesus’ comments. The […]

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SR Broken, Loving Hearts Easter 5, 2013

Link: You can listen to what I said here: Broken, Loving Hearts, Easter 5, 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Love has consequences. Jesus instructs us to love one another and then gets crucified. We love and often get hurt. Love, though, can often be not only transformational but resurrectional. Theology: Salvation […]

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Expensive Misunderstandings, a sermon for Lent 5, 3-17-13

The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with Philipians 3:4b-14 and John 12:1-8. Paul, who lists off his credentials this morning, is often misunderstood. I pull Mary’s story from the Gospel and the #humbrag from twitter in. Listen: Lent 5, 2013

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SR: Lazarus and Jesus weeping

Sermon 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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SR: Is it all about Bartimeaus?

Sermon Review Link: Proper 25, Year B Summary of what I was saying and why: What if it’s not (just) about Bartimeaus? The healing aspect of Bartimeaus’ Gospel appearance can be too exclusive for some (if not many) of us. Fortunately, he and Jesus weren’t the only people on the road that day. Theology: Jesus […]

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