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...

His blood be upon us and upon our children. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Not long before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams wrote a short book. It’s called Christ on Trial:  How the Gospel Unsettles Our...

I will put my breath in you and you shall live.  And you shall know that I am the LORD. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. As some of you know, my wife is a native New Yorker.  Tracey is from Brooklyn.  And although she has lost...

In the Name of the Father the Son and The Holy Spirit, amen. Lots of people make the joke: see what happens when you miss church one Sunday? You have to preach the whole chapter of John 9. So, this is about seeing and not seeing. Being blind to things or seeing the...

    The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Sermons about the Samaritan woman are too often simplistic morality tales that completely...

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May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Amen. It is Lent! Can you believe it? It is Lent. And today, we have a story that shows the true character of the son of God, without a doubt....

For the Lord himself knows whereof we are made; he remembers that we are but dust. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. It has been a rough couple of weeks around here.  It started on Tuesday morning a week ago, when Martha Joseph...

When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. As I was telling the children, Jesus is...

Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. According to Stanley Hauerwas, a native Texan whom Time Magazine once called...

For God chose what is low and despised in the world (the things that are not) to reduce to nothing the things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Tell out my soul the...

Jesus said, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Andrew and Peter leave their nets behind.  James and John leave their boat and their father behind.  Millions of people through the...

Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. “Veni, vidi, vici.”  (I came, I saw, I conquered.)  Julius Caesar wrote these words to report a famous conquest.  They may remind...

I am the Lord. I have called you in righteousness.  I have taken you by the hand and kept you. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. This week, as I was thinking and praying about the baptism of Jesus, I was reminded of a photograph...

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. All is quiet on New Year's Day.A world in white gets underway.I want to be with you,Be with you, night and day.Nothing changes on New Year's...

And the Word became flesh and lived among us.  And we have seen his glory. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I always resist the temptation to use this lesson on Christmas Eve.  That's because we need to hear from Luke.  John's...

To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. At our Bible study this week, we got to talking about our favorite Christmas movies.  People mentioned a few...

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means, “God with us.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Today, on this Fourth Sunday of Advent, we are coming to the end of a long, long...

   Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart,  “Be strong.  Do not fear!” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. This week, I’ve been reading a book by Fr. William Barry, SJ,...