Sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
ReadingsExodus 34:29-35Psalm 99:5-92 Peter 1:13-21Luke 9:28-36 How many of you have heard the phrase “If all you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail?” It’s a fairly…
Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 12
Readings1 Kings 3:5-12Psalm 119:129-136Romans 8:26-39Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 One of my favorite shows each week is CBS Sunday Morning. I don’t get to watch it when it airs because I’m at church…
Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 11
ReadingsIsaiah 44:6-8Psalm 86:11-17Romans 8:12-25Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 Today’s Gospel passage picks up where we left off last week. Jesus is continuing to teach in the metaphor of seeds and wheat. And we…
Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 10
ReadingsIsaiah 55:10-13Psalm 65:9-14Romans 8:1-11Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Today we hear a parable that seems simple enough. It’s a story about sowing seed and what happens depending on where the seed lands. When…
Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 9
ReadingsZechariah 9:9-12Psalm 145:8-15Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Today’s gospel concludes with one of Jesus’ quintessential sayings, “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I…
Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 8
ReadingsJeremiah 28:5-9Psalm 89:1-4,15-18Romans 6:12-23Matthew 10:40-42 Today’s Gospel is all about hospitality. Written specifically about the kind of hospitality the disciples might receive as they were sent out, it nonetheless raises…
Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 5
ReadingsHosea 5:15-6:6Psalm 50:7-15Romans 4:13-25Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” These five words, both in Hosea and Matthew, set the tone and the stage for everything we hear in…
Sermon for Trinity Sunday
ReadingsGenesis 1:1-2:4aPsalm 82 Corinthians 13:11-13Matthew 28:16-20 As a preacher, today is probably my least favorite Sunday of the year. Why? Because it is the only Sunday specifically dedicated to a…
Sermon for the Day of Pentecost
ReadingsActs 2:1-21Psalm 104:25-35, 371 Corinthians 12:3b-13John 20:19-23 How many of you remember the old Abbot and Costello routine about “Who’s on first?” You know the one where Bud Abbot tells…
Sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
ReadingsActs 1:6-14Psalm 68:1-10, 33-361 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11John 17:1-11 On this Ascension Sunday we remember the final physical departure of Jesus from the disciples, and by extension, our lives. It is…