Writings and Sermons
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:
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: I talked about the prayers in the back of the Book of Alternative Services, especially the prayers for the Church. I offered prayer books if people didn’t have one at home and invited people to pray for our Annual Meeting next week. I also mentioned The Collect Call. The Sermon: Jesus gets […]
Read MoreMerry Christmas! The Gospel on Christmas Eve was John 1:1-14. It can be found (along with all the other possible readings) by clicking here. Listen:
Read MoreSt Peter’s holds a Blue Christmas service for those who find the holiday season difficult. This was the sermon I preached. Listen:
Read MoreStories and Morsels: I read “Burning Brightly” from A Spy on Noah’s Ark. Sermon: John the Baptist, Marie Kondo (who’s name I may have butchered, sorry), and the Paris agreement about carbon emissions all have something in common. How do we know it’s enough? The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely […]
Read MoreStories and Morsels: I used the liturgical calendar wheel, to talk about the new liturgical year we just started. (Similar to the one that appears here if I’ve internetted correctly.) Sermon: Repentance I talk about how repentance can be more like ping pong than an easy decision. The lessons can be found by clicking here. […]
Read MoreMorsels 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 […]
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: another story from Does God Have a Big Toe: Stories about stories in the Bible. Sermon: The end of Job’s story and Blind Bartimaeus–both sound like happily ever after but is that what Jesus offers us. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Job 42:1–6, 10–17 and Mark 10:46–52. […]
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago the audio of my sermon got lost due to a tech mishap. Because I had most of a manuscript and thought it was a good sermon on a hard passage, I committed to (re)creating a written version of the sermon. The text I preached is Mark 10: 2-16 and can be […]
Read MoreMorsels and Stories: I read The Queen Who Saved Her People. Sermon: Jesus gets all extreme today. How do we deal with that? The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Mark 9:38-50. Listen:
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