Maundy Thursday 2022
Feet, tensions in the Holy Land, questions of power, vulnerability. Listen to what I said: Here are the lessons for tonight: link.
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Maundy Thursday 2021
I love Maundy Thursday. I love the chance to eat together, to express the care and love we have for one another through the oddity of the washing of feet. I am mourning all of those things today. But I have also seen signs of God’s great love in my church family and those are […]
Read MoreBeloved Friends, Maundy Thursday 2020
This is a weird Maundy Thursday. In my part of the world we aren’t worshipping in our buildings (we are worshipping together and in person, just online). One of the effects of this is that we are fasting from the Eucharist. One of the other effects is that we are limiting the spread and #flattenthecurve […]
Read MoreLiving Temple, Maundy Thursday 2018
In John’s Gospel Holy Week is Jesus’s second trip to Jerusalem. It’s also when time gets ritually slippery. listen:
Read MoreReady? Maundy Thursday 2016
We remember a meal which remembered a meal. Are we ready for what follows? The lessons for tonight can be found by clicking here. I worked with Ex 12:1–4, (5–10), 11–14 and Jn 13:1–17, 31b–35. Listen:
Read MoreCome to Jesus’ Table, Maundy Thursday 2015
This is the day we remember the first eucharist, the first time bread and wine became something more, and every one who was there. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 13:1-17, 31b-35. Listen:
Read MoreBinding, Maundy Thursday 2014
Here we are bound, in eternity, to each other, to Christ. Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.
Read MoreEaster Sermon Round-Up
The post-Easter work log is competing with the post-Easter exhaustion, so this week we have a sermon round-up. My sermons: Exposed Feet, Maundy Thursday How Incarnation Ends, Good Friday Standing Risen in Baptismal Waters, Easter Vigil Other sermons: Priest Gunn The Great Vigil of Easter: Do not be afraid Priest Pankey “It was unbelievable. Too […]
Read MoreMaundy Thursday, 2012
The lessons for Maundy Thursday can be found at this link: Maundy Thursday lessons. Eating Nourishes us. Communion is a feast. (Due to some technical difficulties, this is nearly what I preached at Nativity’s Maundy Thursday service.) Listen: Maundy Thursday, 2012
Read MoreMaundy Thursday, 2011
The lessons for Maundy Thursday can be found here. I preached on the Eucharist which is in the collect and 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. Eucharist is theological central to what we do. Maybe it should become central to how we live? (There will be a few seconds of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for […]
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