Sermons
John 13 31 55
A new commandment
Jesus said I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. A commandment, that’s a tough word. It’s a mandate. It gives no wiggle room. Now I’ll do most anything that I can for someone if they ask nicely. But I really hate being told want to do. I won’t make it very l...
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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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