Jesus said to Peter, “Not seven times, I tell you.  But seventy-seven times.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. If you’ve never paused to ponder it, I would invite you to spend some time with a painting in Guild Hall.  It is a...

Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.  Do not lag in zeal.  Be ardent in spirit.  Serve the Lord. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Last Sunday, Mother Vivian preached a great sermon about the...

Thus says the LORD GOD, who gathers the exiles of Israel.I will gather others to them, besides those already gathered. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Recently, I came across a video from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg that explains the...

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In the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.  So, many parables Here we go. Jesus is teaching with parables. We all love parables. This is a huge number of parables, short parables, all at the same time. So, they are kind of paired up.  So, the first...

All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Good morning, everybody.  It so good to see you after a wonderful vacation.  It is good to be home.  Right before we left, I spoke to you...

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. So, today's visual for me as a beach person is: beautiful. Jesus on the beach. So many people on the beach that he has to get into a boat and pull out so that they can all see him and hear him. Beautiful....

In the name of the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.  I'm having flashbacks of Easter. Okay. Thunder is distracting.  So, Jesus is talking to a crowd and this is a mixed crowd. So, it's not just the disciples and people who believe in him or who are...

  In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. So, there's a lot in this gospel. And I was on vacation, so I have notes. You've never seen me do this before. Whoops, wrong paper. Just give me a sec. It is very complicated but it is absolutely...

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In the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. So there is a lot in the gospel today. But the one, well, three themes that I found were faith, salvation and resurrection. So we'll look at each piece to find these three things. So first he calls Matthew....

Listen to my appeal.  Agree with one another.  Live in peace.  And the God of love and peace will be with you.  In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Today’s Epistle contains one of the oldest Trinitarian formulas in the New...

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. So today we find the disciples locked in a room afraid. Now Mary has already told them that she saw Jesus risen. But they're still afraid. Jesus appears in the locked room and says, “Peace be with you.”...

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.  Cast all your anxiety upon him. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Let me tell you a little about a friend of mine.  Mark died about fifteen years ago.  He was a member of our home...

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. “And I will reveal myself to you,” is what Jesus says. Now, he is instructing and trying to comfort the disciples. They still don’t really understand what this “in between” time is all about. But he says, “Just...

Jesus said, “Have I been with you all this time…and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. This sermon is, more or less, what I said in school chapel this week.  We...

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Amen. So Jesus is talking to the Pharisees. He’s talking to the Pharisees. He is speaking to the very people who in the story, he calls, “Thieves...

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. So we have moved from the Gospel of John, now to the Gospel of Luke. So if you notice some little differences in the story from what we’ve been reading, that is why. So, these two disciples are going to Emmaus,...

Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, so I send you…” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Some of you have heard me tell the story before.  When I was just five years old, my best friend and his little sister died in a fire.  ...

Were you there when they crucified my Lord? These words come from a beloved hymn.  We will sing it later as a wooden cross is brought into the church.  The hymn is a spiritual in the Black church tradition.  It comes out of four hundred years of suffering and...