Sermons
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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Sermon for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost — October 27, 2019
Incarnation --- Inclination
From the Gospel of John: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son to the end that all who believe in him should not perish but have everlasting life. 3:16 And the Word became flesh and lived among us. 1:14 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon...
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Sermon — Saint Francis Day — October 6, 2019
Dominion - not Domination
I hate cleaning house. I hate the time it takes. I hate the fact that it doesn’t stay done and you have to keep doing it over and over. Even though it is easier now that our two homes are smaller than the three-story house I used to clean, I still put it off for as long as I c...
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Sermon for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost — September 29, 2019
Run to the Tower
This sermon is about running to obtain the promises God makes as mentioned in the collect. The desires that everyone gets a chance to live with God forever in heaven. God’s promise that everyone gets this chance is established by the death of God’s Son Jesus on the Cross where...
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Sermon — 15th Sunday After Pentecost — September 22, 2019
Forgiving
WHAT? You may be asking yourself right now, “did I just hear what I think I heard? Did Jesus really commend a dishonest manager? Did he really tell us to make friends by means of dishonest wealth?" I really struggled with this passage. I spent many hours reading and studying a...
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