faith, Jesus, and a conversation on the road
A sermon for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Luke 9:28-36 We bring this season of ordinary time to a close this Sunday, reconnecting with the joyous event of life and light we celebrate on January 6, the Epiphany. Throughout this season of ordinary time there is an emphasis on the themes of light and dark. This feels especially fitting for us, in this place, … Continue reading transfiguration
A sermon for the Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany, Luke 6:17-26 There is a danger in becoming complacent in our faith. There are are a number of factors that can lead to this complacency. It can be such hard work to work on ourselves that when we get to a state of equilibrium, we feel (perhaps rightly) deserving of a break, a point of rest, … Continue reading complacent
A sermon for the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany; Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 4:21-30 It’s dangerous to be a prophet. Prophets, by the very nature of their role, of the trust and faith that has been placed in them, the gift that has been put upon them by God, stand out apart from the people and culture of their time. They raise awareness of something else. A different … Continue reading prophetic
I prefer to think of Martha in slightly more generous terms than the Gospel credits her with today. Luke writes that Martha was “distracted by her many tasks,” but I don’t feel that truly honors Martha. Instead, I think of Martha as being focused. Focused on the tasks at hand that needed to be accomplished. … Continue reading “All lives matter”–Martha
a sermon for the seventh sunday of easter, John 17:20-26 One God. We are Trinitarian people. Our faith in the Creator God, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Advocate in the Holy Spirit, is foundational to our understanding of our faith, marking us as Christians with a certain understanding of how we relate to God … Continue reading oneness, not sameness
