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Tag Archives: sermon
[Not] Impostors
The Imposter Phenomenon and the Kingdom of Heaven: A Homily for Proper 23, Year A
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Now, but not yet…
A reflection for Proper 12, Year A Prepared for Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 Jesus put before the crowds another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Jesus, Kingdom of Heaven, parable, Proper 13, sermon
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The Patient Gardner
A Reflection for Proper 11, Year A Prepared for the Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 Jesus put before the crowd another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, Christianity, garden, gardening, Jesus, memoire, parable of the sower, parable of wheat and weeds, patience, proper 11, sermon
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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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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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In the wilderness
A reflection for Advent 2, Year A prepared for Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Friday, December 2, 2016 Matthew 3:1-12 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, ‘Repent, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Advent 2, Christianity, faith, John the Baptist, prepare the way of the Lord, prophetic, sermon
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