Download 15 September Readings Below is a DRAFT text of the homily. It may vary considerably from the recorded version. Please excuse typos and grammatical errors, and do not cite without permission. I have to admit, I feel a bit like Thomas Jefferson at the top of act II of
RADICAL HOSPITALITY AS THE FRUIT OF GOOD WORKS
Sermon for September 1, 2019 Happy September. Happy Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost and Day before Labor Day. I am so grateful to be here this morning and to help lead us through our Sunday worship and scripture contemplation. On this beautiful September 1st, I am also acutely aware that this
BAPTIZED INTO A LIFE OF ACTION AND COURAGE
Sermon for August 25, 2019 Here we are approaching the end of August, with more of the summer behind us than ahead. I am hanging on to every day through September 21 and invite you to join me in embracing the whole of this special season. Before summer 2019 is over, we find ourselves amid
IS THIS GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS?
Sermon for August 18, 2019 Will you join me in prayer? Our God who created us, who redeemed us and who continues to sustain us, bless the hearing of your word and our understanding of the same. Amen. My oldest son Joe, who is about 35 now, went to a summer camp when he was about
FAITH IS LIKE RIDING A BIKE
Sermon for August 11, 2019 This summer we have been tackling some of the profound truths and divine expectations for each of us. We have talked about getting to know, welcome and love neighbors and strangers as individuals. We have considered prayer and our need to communicate with God more
YOU’LL NEVER SEE A U-HAUL BEHIND A HEARSE
Sermon for August 4, 2019 This morning, I want to thank Jesus and the writer of the Gospel of Luke for the lovely gift of a gospel story that is not only clear, but modern. Here we have a contemporary and familiar dilemma that echoes to us through scripture. More than two-thousand years ago
LET US PRAY
Sermon for July 28, 2019 I want to begin this morning’s homily with an invitation – I invite you to consider your happiest, healthiest relationship. The relationship that you experience as mutual, loving and vital. Now, I invite you to consider what oneelement of that relationship keeps it
ONLY ONE THING
Sermon for July 21, 2019 As any good preacher knows, when you have been given the text to speak about you spend some time reading and researching it, thinking about its original context (you know, when and why the story is included in the canon of scripture, if there are cultural