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Tag Archives: Jesus
Called Forward
Homily for Proper 5, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchRichmond, VA Lectionary Readings: 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)Psalm 1382 Corinthians 4:13-5:1Mark 3:20-35 This week we step out of the changing, multi-colored liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Jesus, regathering, social justice, The Summons, who are my mother and brother and sisters
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Sheep of the Good Shepherd
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B Continue reading
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Tagged anti-racist, beloved community, Easter 4, follow, Good Shepherd, Good Shepherd Sunday, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Jesus, Racism, sermon, the Good Shepherd
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Succulent Wild Love
Homily for Maundy ThursdayApril 1, 2021St. Mark’s Episcopal Church — Virtual Worship in the Time of Pandemic Lectionary Texts: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 As I began writing this sermon earlier this … Continue reading
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Tagged friendship, Grief, Holy Week, Jesus, love, love one another, maundy thursday
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Revealing
Homily for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchVirtual Worship in a Time of Pandemic Texts: Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Media Reference: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/691298594/the-power-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-anger Sometimes, when I’m working with a group and we encounter something … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Christianity, forgiveness, injustice, Jesus, love, oppression, redemption
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Ready to Follow
Homily for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VAVirtual Worship in a Time of Pandemic Link to Lectionary Texts referenced: Mark 1:1-20 Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our … Continue reading
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Tagged call, calling, Christianity, disciple, discipleship, follow, follower, Jesus
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Reflections on Mary
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA (virtual worship in the time of pandemic) Scripture Readings Referenced: Luke 1:26-38 Canticle 15 For the record, I want to say that I’d like Dorothy … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Advent 4, Christianity, Christmas, Jesus, magnificat, mary, Mary and Elizabeth, nativity, theotokos
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Love God, Love Your Neighbor
Homily for Proper 25, Year A preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA (virtual worship in a time of pandemic) Lessons: Deuteronomy 34:1-12Psalm 90:1-6, 13-171 Thessalonians 2:1-8Matthew 22:34-46 It was a sweltering hot July Sunday in Texas when I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, homily, immigration, Jesus, love your neighbor, social justice
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Fires and Faith
Homily for Proper 17 Year A
Seeing God in the fires of this world, and having faith to step boldly into our call. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-racist, burning bush, Christianity, discipleship, faith, fire, Jesus, Moses, racial justice, Racism, social justice
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Fight, Flight or Feast
Homily for Proper 13, Year A St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia August 2, 2020: Virtual Worship in a Time of Pandemic Lectionary Readings: Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 17:1-7,16 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 As the days stretch into weeks, and the … Continue reading
No Neutral (Thanks be to God)
“There comes a time when we have to recognize that we get caught up in structures of sin, like racism, that are larger than we are. There is no neutral. But we can choose the gift of grace that God has freely given us even as we sit in our awareness and our discomfort: Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Continue reading
