Messages (Sermons)

211003 – Jesus’ Table

Yr B ~ Creation 3 ~ Mark 14:17-24 I’d like you to look carefully at the picture I’ve used as my sermon title slide. I’ll describe it too. It’s a vision of what the Last Supper may have looked like.…

210926 – Don’t Be A Jerk

Yr B ~ Creation 2 ~ Mark 9:38-50 I said last week that the scripture texts during this Season of Creation don’t really have much to do with creation. That said, I think last week we made some good tie-ins…

210919 – The Two Books of God

Yr B ~ Creation 1 ~ Mark 9:30-37 Today is the beginning of the liturgical season of Creation. We’ve been marking this season for around a decade now, but it’s still pretty new. Except it isn’t. We’ll talk more about…

210822 – Church Online – Gear Up

Yr B ~ Ephesians 6:10-20 ~ Pentecost 13 It’s great to be back with you today! I had a lovely time off this summer, and now it’s also lovely to be getting back to my familiar rhythms. Familiar rhythms. Isn’t…

210718 – Be Yourself

Yr B ~ Pentecost 8 ~ Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 I was at a church conference once, and at the obligatory Q&A time one of the questioners asked a really deep and heartfelt ‘elephant in the room’ kind of question that…

210711 – Cohen & Cockburn

Yr B ~ Pentecost 7 ~Mark 6:14-29 I thought about calling this sermon “What We’re Up Against”, but I decided that sounded too ominous. So I kept searching for a way to lighten it up. Honestly, I’m not sure I…

210704 – Two By Two

Yr B ~ Pentecost 6 ~ Mark 6:1-13 It’s worship day, and Jesus finds himself back in his hometown. So he goes to the local synagogue – to what amounts to his home church – and he begins to teach.…

210620 – Good Intentions

Yr B ~ Pentecost 4 (Indigenous Sunday) ~ 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (MSG) It’s good for us to remember that these letters from Paul that we have in the bible were written because something had gone amiss and Paul needed to…