Sermons
Sermon: Trinity Sunday, year C
The church I attended growing up was named Trinity Episcopal in Excelsior, Minnesota. It was there my Christian formation began, but I’d say it was also where my formation began that led me to, decades later, discern my call to become a priest. Trinity was where I attended Sun...
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Sermon: Pentecost, Year C
Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21
While driving the other day, I saw a sign on one of the tires stores that read, “The other guys just don’t get it.” That’s the truth, isn’t it? So often our communication is stunted when someone doesn’t understand us, or we don’t understand them. It’s not necessarily because w...
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Sermon: Easter 7 Year C 6.1.2025
John 17:20-26
For the past several months, a group of us have been meeting nearly every other week for a class called Sacred Ground. We met online, led by Deacon Mary and our friend Kippy, who directed our conversations, teasing out our responses to what we were assigned to study. Before I ...
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Sermon: 6th Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025
John 14:23-29
I went to visit my parents last weekend. It was a just-long-enough visit where the fish didn’t begin to smell, if you know what I mean. No overstayed welcome, short enough to refrain from getting irritated by quirks and word choices. Long enough to check in on how they are get...
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Sermon: Easter 3 Year C May 4, 2025
John 21:1-19
I just can’t stop thinking about Peter. Maybe because I might identify with him more than I have realized before. He’s never been afraid to ask questions that others were unwilling to or were afraid to ask. Maybe they didn’t want to know the answer or maybe they didn’t want to...
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