Sermons

ReadingsDeuteronomy 5:12-15Psalm 81:1-102 Corinthians 4:5-12Mark 2:23-3:6 The difficulty with Gospel passages like the one we have today is that, for many of us, the words are so familiar that we…

ReadingsIsaiah 6:1-8Psalm 29 or Canticle 13Romans 8:12-17John 3:1-17 On Sundays like this one I often like to start my sermon with humor, but you know what? There really aren’t a…

ReadingsActs 2:1-21Psalm 104:25-35, 37Romans 8:22-27John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 On this feast of Pentecost, this fiftieth day of Easter, we hear again the story of the gift of the Holy Spirit, and…

ReadingsActs 1:15-17, 21-26Psalm 11 John 5:9-13John 17:6-19 Today, as we near the end of Easter, we do something interesting in terms of our Gospel reading. We go back. Back before…

ReadingsActs 10:44-48Psalm 981 John 5:1-6John 15:9-17 In today’s Gospel we once again hear the call to love one another. At first reading it almost seems like a repeat of last…

ReadingsActs 8:26-40Psalm 22:24-301 John 4:7-21John 15:1-8 What is it that makes us Christians? What is it that makes me, or you, someone who can claim that name? It may seem…

ReadingsActs 4:5-12Psalm 231 John 3:16-24John 10:11-18 When I was a child I slept with a nightlight. It was a porcelain statue of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. On many occasions…

ReadingsActs 3:12-19Psalm 41 John 3:1-7Luke 24:36b-48 Whether looking at the fraying of our social fabric, the extreme polarization in our politics, the rise of Christian nationalism (which by the way…

ReadingsActs 10:34-43Psalm 118:1-2, 14-241 Corinthians 15:1-11John 20:1-18 Happy Easter. We have come together to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. To celebrate that he is risen. But I ask you. What…

ReadingsJeremiah 31:31-34Psalm 51:1-13Hebrews 5:5-10John 12:20-33 Today’s dramatic Gospel passage brings to a head what it means to understand the purpose of Jesus’ crucifixion. In this passage we hear Jesus speak…