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…
Sermon By Mr. Tom Reynolds Juneteenth Sunday June 18, 2023 The Third Sunday After Pentecost Year A – Track 1 I was asked to speak today for Juneteenth. I would assume the purpose not lost on anyone who can see me as to why that might be appropriate. And in preparing for today, I got…
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,…
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…
May 21, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Happy Easter! Now you’all know by now that my favorite of the four canonical gospels is the Gospel of Luke. We didn’t read from that today, and likely won’t hear much from it until we move into Year C in Advent…
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…
April 30, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Happy Easter everyone! Well, if you haven’t figured it out by all the readings we have heard this morning, the Fourth Sunday of Easter is always Good Shepherd Sunday. Now, Jesus as a shepherd is not a new thing to us,…
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,…
Easter Sunday – April 9, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Dang, that never gets old. And perhaps that is why you are here. You already know the story – just as with Christmas. And yet, here you are. Now,…
Maundy Thursday – April 6, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Tonight we begin. Tonight we enter into a three day service – the Paschal Triduum. And as I note each year, there will be no dismissal at the end of the services tonight and tomorrow night…
