Sermons
The Living God
Advent One
Advent is upon us. One is coming. It is not yet Christmas, but the promise is with us. An Anglican priest, one R.S. Thomas, considered the leading 20th Century Welsh poet in English, wrote this:
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The Final Judgement
Christ the King - Proper 29A
Matthew's description of the final judgement stands alone among the Gospels of the New Testament. There are several points made in the passage:
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Jesus' Investment Advice
The Twenty-fifth Sunday After Pentecost A
Matthew's story of the three servants trusted with talents to be invested for him, stensibly for God, is similar to a story in Luke's Gospel, but her the talents evidently are awarded according to the master's assessment of ability for he gave to one five talents, to another t...
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Get A Life
The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost A
Today's Gospel is sort of humorous, at least at first blush. Half of the bridesmaids run out of oil for their lanps and their sisters refuse to share. Sounda little like teenage spats, until we look a little closer.
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Choose This Day
Jesus always requires that men and women, boys and girls make decisions aboout Him. Would they serve Him and God through Him, or not? There really is not any in-between. It is like being pregnant or married. You either are or you are not, in God's service as well. Jesus demand...
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There are Other Worlds to Sing In
The Second Sunday in Lent A
It might be like having a tenured UVA law professor coming to a young Teaching Assistant and asking some question like, "Why do you say an accused is innocent until she is proven guilty?" I can imagine the TA responding with "You can't be serious! After all, that is a basice t...
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On human kind
The First Sunday in Lent A
Our lesson for this morning is one of the familiar creation stories. This is not a scientificexplanation for the beginnings of the earth and its creatures. It is a theological account for why humankind is like we are. On this the first Sunday of Lent, I wish to look with you a...
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Jesus Christ - How to Break a Leg
Ash Wednesday Sermon
For 40 days and 40 nights Jesus kicked pebbles in the wasteland of Judea, inventing Lent. We are left with his memory and a 40-day season of our own. A season in which to do what he did - remember how to use the tie we have been given between birth and death.
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