June 28, 2020 – LGBTQ+ Sunday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I want to tell you a story about a group of people who had had enough. They were tired of being harassed, arrested, abused, pushed to the margins, killed, rejected, blackmailed, and hated. They were gay men and…
June 21, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father… Whoever loves father or mother more than me…
June 14, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Welcome to what the church calls “Ordinary Time.” Ordinary Time. Does this seem like an Ordinary Time for you’all? Now yesterday, I was taking advantage of both being home more, and the slightly cooler weather, so I went out to finish…
June 7, 2020 – Trinity Sunday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Now, before we get started here, just a public service announcement – let us NOT do as the epistle from 2 Corinthians implores and greet each other with a “holy kiss.” Just not safe right now folks, okay?…
May 31, 2019 – Feast of Pentecost: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Welcome to the Feast of Pentecost. It is a principal feast day, sometimes thought of as the birthday of the church, and I am guessing that many of you are wearing festive red – a tradition –…
May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, apparently it is Memorial Day weekend. I don’t know about you, but until just a few days ago, I thought this holiday came next weekend, when we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Maybe it is living in this Zoom-O-Mania world where work/life balance…
May 17, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. So, how ya doing? Seriously, I have to ask, because if you are like me, perhaps you have been going through a week of Zoom-onday, Zoom-uesday, Zoom-endsday, Zoom-ursday, Zoom-riday, and Don’t-EVEN-Disturb-Me-In-My-Nap-aturday. It’s endless. Some post on Facebook and Twitter about being…
May 10, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. If you joined our service late, you may be wondering about what you just heard in the gospel – lots and lots of references to Mother, rather than Father, when referring to God. If you felt a bit uncomfortable with the…
May 3, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Welcome to what some like to call Good Shepherd Sunday, because, if you hadn’t noticed, nearly all our readings feature sheep, and/or a shepherd, somewhere in the verses. I mean, even though the lectionary will go through the first letter of…
April 26, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Ah, the road to Emmaus story… I have to say that these past several weeks have given us such timely scriptures for our life today. Truth be told though…they always do. Now, as I did last time I preached on this…
