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Tag Archives: Jesus
Ascension
A sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension), Year A Prepared for Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA Lectionary Readings Between my days as a college professor and my evenings as a seminary student, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, ascension, ascension art, Christ Ascension, Christianity, church history, feet, homily, Jesus, medieval art, ocular communion, sacramental theology, sermon
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Advocate
A homily for Easter 6, Year A prepared for the Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church John 14:15-21 Jesus said, ”If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, advocate, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, homily, Jesus, John 14:15-21, sermon, vulnerability
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Who am I?
Homily prepared for Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 4th Sunday of Easter, Year A John 10:1-10 Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs … Continue reading
The Road Home
Homily prepared for Friday Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Third Sunday of Easter, Year A Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, disciples, Easter, Emmaus, Eucharist, Jesus, journal, Luke 24:13-35, resurrection
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Hosanna
A homily prepared for Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Friday, April 7 2017 Gospel Text: Palm Sunday/Liturgy of the Palms, Year A Matthew 21:1-11 When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017, sermons
Tagged Christianity, hosanna, Jesus, liberation, liberation theology, palm sunday, preaching, sermon
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My Shepherd
My well intended daily lenten blog writing has taken a back-seat to several weeks where it seemed a perfect storm of stress, health, and existential challenges were making it difficult to remain upright, let alone find public words to share. … Continue reading
By night…
This is the homily I offered up today for Red Door Healing Service at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. It is all about proximity, though (as everything seems to be this Lent…my intention is doing what it was intended … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017
Tagged Christianity, darkness, eternal life, faith, homily, Jesus, John 3:16, Lent, Lent 2, Nicodemus, proximity, sermon
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In All Our Complexity
A sermon for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A Matthew 5:21-37 Jesus said, “You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ But … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity, Christianity, complexity, Jesus, Matthew 5:21-37, sermon, sermon on the mount, vulnerability
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Blessed
Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is … Continue reading
Pondering…
A reflection for Holy Name, Year A prepared for Red Door Healing Service at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Friday, December 30, 2016 Luke 2:15-21 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Christmas, faith, Holy Name, Jesus, madonna, mary, nativity, ponder, pondering, theotokos, Virgin mary
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