Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Belonging & Inclusion

Jesus’ New Commandment

Sermon | April 1, 2021

Good evening Christians, seekers, and friends, I wonder what it would be like for someone who doesn’t really know much about Christianity to come into the Church tonight. At this point, a little over eighty percent of the American populace knows that Easter celebrates Resurrection but what, exactly, this means to those of us who

Sewing Community Together by Faith

Sermon | March 28, 2021

We have a very familiar story today in the Gospel of Mark. It is the story of Jesus riding victoriously into Jerusalem; people spread their cloaks on the street, they lay palm branches on the ground, and wave them over their heads. They cry out: “Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the one that comes

Confrontng Evil When it Lives in the Light

Sermon | March 14, 2021

I’ve finished a book recently called The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It’s a story of a young girl whose brother dies and mother abandons her into foster care. It takes place in Germany during WWII. The town she lands in is Molching, with a family living on the wrong side of the tracks, barely

The Bigger the Hair, the Closer to Jesus

Sermon | February 28, 2021

Good Morning Christians, Seekers, and Friends! Good mornin’ and Howdy! Are you prepared for our big fast on the 29, 30th an 31st of February?  Ha ha! Sorry, feeling a little extra joyful today as I’ve been thinking a lot about last week’s Have a Heart and what a wonderful night we had with you—even

Lent as a Season of Consideration

Sermon | February 14, 2021

Today is the last Sunday before Lent, and as we enter Lent, I want to encourage you to try the spiritual exercise of consideration. It is probably not a spiritual exercise you are familiar with. I actually sort of made it up, but it seems to fit this time of COVID-19. Consideration. Before we explore

Fishing with Pelagius and Augustine for a Trinitarian God

Sermon | January 24, 2021

Today I want to preach about the state of our nation, and while the January 20 inauguration was honorable and majestic, as it should be, I am still troubled by what happened at the US Capitol building  on January 6. The memory of signs and symbols asserting that it was a Christian sanctioned movement: a

Seeing Yourself Being Seen; Gratitude Unveiled

Sermon | November 26, 2020

I was at a Commission on Ministry retreat last week, and there I heard a most interesting sermon from Karen Haig, Rector at St. Barnabas Church, on this text, and her words and bell ringing have formed this sermon in my mind. She said: “This is not a Gospel message about gratitude, primarily, but more