Sermons

We’re transitioning.We’re moving.Since All Saintswe’ve been hearingabout the end of time.It’s getting more urgent nowas we get closer to Christmas.Our gospel text isn’t Jesus talkingabout when all things are made right.Jesus isn’t even in the gospel passage today.We’re getting a hingefrom the apocalypticto the immediate,from when the Son of Man comes in his gloryto the […]

God’s story of the redemption of creationimpacts the whole of creation.Not only has Jesus come into the cosmosto save the entire cosmosthe cosmos announces his presence.Think about our Christmas and Epiphany narratives:A new star appearsand shepherds hear the angelic choruses.On Good Friday at Jesus’ deaththe earth groans in an earthquake.As Fred Craddock says,“There is no

“My kingdom is not from this world.If my kingdomwere from this world,my followers would be fightingto keep me from being handed over.But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.You say that I am a king…For this I was born,and for this I came into the world,to testify to the truth.”Pilate next asks“What is

We don’t know all that much, really,about St. Hilda of Whitbyexcept that she was born into nobilityand an active, but chaste, member of courtbefore there was a unified England.Baptized at 13,at 33 she went into monastic life.Aidan, the bishop of Lindisfarne,recalled her to East Anglia, her homebecause he was impressed with her devotionto Jesus and

Ahhhhhh.Another stewardship sermonabout giving all that you can to the churchBased on the text about the widow’s mite…Is not what I need to hear,does a disservice to this text,and does a disserviceto our current moment.Alex is going to talk about stewardship and financesafter communion anyway. While Jesus next talks about the temple and its destructionfor

We look for the resurrection of the dead,and the life of the world to come. Amen.As we’re gathered here on All Saints Sunday,we have stories of life in Godand life in particularin God’s work in Jesus.There’s “the souls of the righteous are in the hands of God”in WisdomJesus calls Lazarus forth,and directs those around himto

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