March 22, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Lordy, the authors of this fourth gospel sure have a way with words – lots and lots of words. Last week it was the powerful and long theological dialog between Jesus and the woman from Samaria. Next week it will be…
March 8, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, if you are wondering where the baptismal font went, I figured it was the right size cup for my coffee this morning, but I promise to inject some caffeine into the communion wine for your convenience. Kidding, of course, so…
March 1, 2020: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. As I was considering our text from Genesis this morning, I remembered that a few years ago, this headline appeared on an online satirical website. It read: “The Bible story is just a hoax. I didn’t cause the fall of man…
Ash Wednesday – 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. So, got your Lent cards and presents ready? What about those purple lights on the roof, and the burnt palm tree in your house? I mean, it seems like only yesterday it was Ash Wednesday last year, and…
February 23, 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Sometimes, there is just a part of the prescribed texts for a Sunday that scream out for attention, and while it is not the focus of what I want to talk with you about today, I do want to…
February 2, 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. So, anyone notice something different today? Okay, perhaps not a fair question if you haven’t had enough caffeine yet, but here are some hints: It has nothing to do with a groundhog named Phil, and if you are a…
January 26, 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. “In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit.” And with these words, an adventure began. If you are not familiar with them, it is the first sentence of the novel by JRR Tolkien titled The Hobbit: There…
January 19, 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Six years ago this very day I walked into this pulpit for the first time as your Rector. It was January 19, 2014 at 10:30am. I remember it well. To be sure, it was not my first time in…
January 12, 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Now, if you have been here these past few weeks of Christmastide and the Feast of the Epiphany, you would be right thinking that Jesus sure grows up fast, I mean we just celebrated his birth, then last week…
January 5, 2020: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate Epiphany. The feast of the Epiphany is really tomorrow, January 6th, so we are celebrating it today. And it is this feast day that ends our Christmastide – our twelve days of Christmas. So, as I…
