Sermons
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
I finally put away my Easter decorations yesterday.
I finally put away my Easter decorations yesterday. And by “put away” I mean I opened the small storage closet outside my apartment balcony and carefully shove-balanced the basket of easter eggs on the bucket of plush rabbits on the decorative baby-chick tray on the 5 gallon b...
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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter — April 22, 2018
Combined service with reception for Elizabeth as new rector
Go ahead and read the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke too. Today is really all about one person isn’t it. Jesus. You didn’t think I was going to talk about me did you?
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Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter — April 15, 2018
I want to let you eavesdrop on something that’s been going on between me and God...
...Every year I choose a word to live by. It’s more accurate to say a word chooses me. Well, what really happens is I hear God praying a prayer for me. Between 2014 and 2017 that prayer has been “Forward.” And “Forward” became my focus. Anytime I would feel closed-in or uncert...
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Sermon for the Second Sunday after Easter
April 8, 2018 -- A Team Effort
This sermon is a team effort by my brother The Rev. N. Luke Back who serves as Rector of Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, IL and our father, The Very Rev. George H. Back the retired Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Oklahoma City. It ranks for me as one of the most fun ...
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Easter Sunday Sermon
Alleluia Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Now what do we do? I once planted a tree for the sake of the Alleluia.
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