August 6, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, if you are a lectionary nerd, the lections being what we read on Sunday, you might notice that this isn’t the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost. It would be, but August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration, and as it…
Sermons
“All About Love”
“Whose Voice Are You Listening To?”
July 2, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Every time this text from Genesis read this morning comes around in our lectionary, I remember a seminary professor who once advised that anyone contemplating preaching on that text might want to think again. “After all,” he said, “there are three…
“Now What?”
“Invited To The Feast”
June 11, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Welcome everyone to our annual Mass on the Grass…with Brass! service. Thankfully the air quality we had earlier in the week from the Canadian wildfires has improved dramatically, and we are able to worship here in this beautiful space,…
“Our Pentecost Moment”
Pentecost Sunday – May 28, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Happy Pentecost Everyone! While we are resurrection people, and we always carry Easter in our hearts, Eastertide is now over, and today we celebrate one of the most important Sundays of the Church. In fact, Pentecost & Easter…
“A Promise Of Purpose”
“Troubled Hearts”
May 7, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Happy Easter everyone! I attended a funeral yesterday for the husband of Mother Lauren Ackland, the long-serving Rector of Grace Episcopal in Madison, where I first served as a seminarian. George Hayman, or Mr. Lauren Ackland, as he sometimes referred to…
“The Door To Abundant Life”
“To Emmaus, To Jerusalem”
April 23, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Happy Easter everyone! Yes – still Easter. In fact, while we celebrate Eastertide for 50 days, in reality we are always a resurrection people. And today we get my favorite of the early resurrection experiences of the first followers of Jesus,…