Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Hope & Resurrection

“Open Sesame” and be Liberated!

Sermon | September 8, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Good morning. It’s so good to see you. It’s a wonderful day today. It is our fall picnic. And it is a day filled with power of the Holy Spirit; which makes the Gospel that we encounter appropriate for this moment, because buried within it is a singular, powerful

Storm and Sacrament: The God of Ordinary Things

Sermon | August 18, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. As some of you may know, Zonnie and I have very close ties to the City of New Orleans. In fact, she was born there, and her family has lived in and around New Orleans and South Louisiana since about the middle of the 18th century. And New Orleans

Collusion with God

Sermon | June 2, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Last week we celebrated the feast of the Holy Trinity. I introduced us to the concept of holons (H-O-L-O-N-S): these are things that are both a whole and a part simultaneously. God is the primary, if not the perfect, example of this. The word Trinity literally means three parts

Holy Holon: Entangled in the Spirit

Sermon | May 26, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. I’m glad to be back. I just returned from a big family vacation to Belize. Kristin and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary this year. Our son Desmond turned 20 this year. Our daughter Margaret turned 25. So, we decided to take a family vacation to someplace fancy and far away. Somehow Belize became our destination. 

The Unity of the Holy Spirit

Sermon | May 19, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Today is the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost is always a great celebration. We wear red. We have baptisms and renew our baptismal vows. Today in Sunday School, there is a birthday party with cupcakes because we celebrate Pentecost as the Church’s birthday. The account of Pentecost in Acts 2

A Home of Hope

Sermon | April 14, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. As I walked into the Great Hall the other day I looked up and I saw the Epiphany coat of arms embossed over the door. There is a crown, then waves, at the bottom of the crest, at least to me, holding it all together, is an anchor. The

And we Wait…

Sermon | March 30, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. We are here at Holy Saturday. This is a night of waiting, of anticipation, of deep mystery. It is a night that invites us to to confront the silence and to immerse ourselves in the story of a world paused in the throes of loss and uncertainty. This is