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201220 – Advent-Acquiesce

Yr B ~ Advent 4 ~ Luke 1:26-38 Awaken to God’s Presence and your need and desire for more of that Presence. Adapt your thinking, and doing, and being to create and nurture a relationship with that Sacred Presence. Through…

201213 – Advent-Attune

Yr B ~ Advent 3 ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 I hope you’re enjoying this 4-part Advent sermon series! We began with Awakening to the reality of the challenges in life, and our need for respite, relief, renewal, and rebirth into…

201206 – Advent-Adapt

Yr B ~ Advent 2 ~ Mark 1:1-8 Before I get into the specifics of digging into this fantastic scripture text I’d like to say a few things about interpretation. First, we need to understand that Mark’s gospel was the…

201129 – Advent-Awake

Yr B ~ Advent 1 ~ Mark 13:24-37 Allow me to begin by summing up this reading: “The world can be dark, but it doesn’t have to be and won’t always be. Wake up (or keep awake) and be ready…

201122 – Elan

Yr A – Reign of Christ ~ Ephesians 1:15-23 If you follow the liturgical calendar (and we do) you will know that this week is called Reign of Christ Sunday, or Christ the King Sunday. There are some (perhaps many)…

201108 – Wedding Crashers

Yr A ~ Pentecost 22 ~ Matthew 25:1-13 The parable of the bridesmaids is a kingdom parable. Jesus is offering the kingdom of God, or the kingdom of heaven. Calling it the kingdom of heaven can sound to our ears…

201101 – The Wrong Race

Yr A ~ Pentecost 22 ~ Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus must never have read the book ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’ because he seemed to go out of his way to tick off every influential person he ever met.…

201025 – The Trysting Place

Yr A ~ Pentecost 21 ~ Matthew 22:34-40, John 13:35 Renowned theologian Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann wrote these words that have been resounding in my consciousness and inspiring me to think really deeply since I re-encountered them while on retreat…

201011 – ThanksZooming

Yr A ~ Thanksgiving ~ Psalm 65 This is going to be one of those sermons where I just use the scripture as a jumping off point to talk about what I really want to talk about. But first I…

201004 – Along the Way

Yr A ~ Philippians 3:4b-14 We need some context to understand why Paul is talking the way he is in this scripture passage. The Philippian church (which Paul planted!) has apparently, in his absence, been hearing from Jewish-Christian teachers who…