February 19, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Do not be afraid.” Did you notice that in the gospel? Jesus tells his disciples “Get up and do not be afraid.” Just those words should have been enough for them to know that something transformational was, or is, or will…
February 5, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. The Gospel for today is a familiar passage, especially to those of us who happen to still own a copy of the soundtrack to Godspell, or who spent many youthful summers at Vacation Bible School singing “This little light of mine,…
January 29, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. What a year this has already become. As I wrote this sermon, there were already 42 mass murders in our nation – 42. That’s nearly 2 every single day. A 6 year old shot a teacher. A toddler was wielding a…
January 22, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate Religious Life Sunday. Now that may sound like – isn’t this what we do every week? I mean, aren’t we all religious? Well, yes, but this is also a term used for those in monastic communities. We are…
January 15, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This weekend we celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While many will rightly extol this weekend the mark he made on the civil rights movement, the Rev. Dr. King would tell you that he was first and foremost a…
January 8, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. The actual feast is on January 6th, and today would be the Baptism of our Lord, but we shift those Sundays so that the fullness of our Savior’s life may be heard and…
Christmas Eve 2022: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Tonight I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking. Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child’s cry, a blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven’t forgotten that night…
December 4, 2022: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Anyone else watch the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree this past week? It is a beautiful tree, and when the lights came on, everyone cheered. It was amazing, and folks just seemed so happy. I love this time of…
November 27, 2022: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, I hope all have recovered from the avalanche of stuffing, turkey, mashed potatoes, and all the other things that make us avoid the scale for a few weeks – not to mention Black Friday. And now we continue in Advent,…
November 20, 2022: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. For some, this is a day called Christ the King Sunday, but the truth is, that is not a title he would have ever claimed. As we heard in the Gospel, it was a title given to him by the oppressors…
