November 1, 2020 – The Feast of All Saints: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate the principal feast of All Saints, and I think this part of the passage from the book of Revelation that we heard earlier makes it clear who we mean by saint, as…
October 11, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Over the past several Sundays, we have been following the story in Exodus, because their long struggle with the plagues, and the desert crossing on their way to the promised land, resonates with what is happening now in this time of…
October 4, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. The last two Sundays we were together, we considered the story from Exodus of the Jewish people, enslaved in Egypt, brought out of their oppression by God through Moses, and entering into their long desert journey. And today, God sends Moses…
September 13, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. As I was writing this sermon, I kept seeing the sights and sounds of the week against the backdrop of the scriptures, and my heart broke. The picture of a boy who was found holding on to his dog as they…
September 6, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I don’t know, but somehow hearing the story from the book of Exodus this morning seems very timely given our current situation. That passage comes just as God is about to throw the 10th and final plague against the Pharaoh and…
August 9, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Whenever I hear today’s gospel about Jesus walking on the water, I end up with this in my head. [singing] “So you are the Christ. You’re the great Jesus Christ. Prove to me that you’re no fool. Walk across my swimming…
August 2, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Okay, I admit it…I have been binge watching movies on the Hallmark channel lately, because they were running a Christmas in July movie marathon. Yup – totally going to get called out by the liturgical police, but hey – we need…
July 12, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I have never been pregnant myself – it would be nearly impossible now, unless a star is rising in the East somewhere – but I suspect that many women who have been can relate to something we heard in the Genesis…
July 5, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Oh what food these words of Jesus are to us who hunger for rest from the ravages of 2020. This year has…
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…
