Sermons
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent — December 8, 2019
Cry in the Wilderness
I cried “Salvation” in the wilderness. I was thinking about John the Baptist and Isaiah, and all the other rugged voices God plants in places with few ears to hear. And I was thinking about what was considered a race of Biblical proportions ahead of me. Why do we use the words...
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Sermon for Advent 1 Year A — December 1, 2019
What If?
I have committed to swim the English Channel in September of 2021. What comes to your mind when you hear that declaration? Maybe your mind thinks, “Endurance sports are the new midlife crisis.” or “Why?” or “No way.”
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Sermon for Christ the King Sunday
Right at Home
Have you ever visited England? After the North Sea my favorite place to visit is Windsor Castle. The stone fortresses and green grounds, the ornate rugs and elaborate decorations, the suits of armor and swords and gilded furnishings everywhere captivated me when I visited. Wha...
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Sermon for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Schooled
I had the fun of visiting my goddaughter Bryn last month in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She just turned eight and I had not seen her since I baptized her eight years ago this December. I do not want to wait another eight years to see her again — too much changes!! Bryn attends a p...
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2019 Convention Eucharist Homily Proper 27 Year C.
Stretch us and Slingshot us out to our Neighbors
Tom Hanks was not much of a Mister Rogers fan growing up. “I was too busy watching Rocky and Bullwinkle.” But his attitude changed a few years back when Hanks received an email from a friend containing a moving clip from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. The video, from a 1981 epis...
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