Christ the King of Peace

Sermon | November 24, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Twenty years ago, I was a student at the Episcopal seminary in Austin, Texas. During that time, I remember spending a long weekend visiting my parents in Ponca City, Oklahoma–the town where I grew up. Ponca City is what I consider to be the buckle of the Bible Belt.

Truth Revealed Through Humility and Gentleness

Sermon | August 4, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. “We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness and deceitful schemes.” (Eph 4:14). I’m quoting the Bible. Who says the Bible doesn’t speak into the reality of the world as it is today? Paul, in his

RELATA and Community Transformation: From Mustard Seed to Mustard Tree

Sermon | June 16, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Last week I was at my annual retreat with my prayer group which has been meeting for 23 years. It is a significant event for me each year. We gather, we eat, we walk, we take turns sharing our stories, and we pray together. The formation of this group

What is Truth?

Sermon | May 12, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. “What is truth?” That’s Pilate’s famous question at Jesus’s trial the day after the events in this morning’s reading from John’s gospel. Holding Jesus’s life in his hands, Pilate asks “What is truth?” A good question. And a timely question for the age in which we find ourselves. We’re

Why Do I Do What I Do Not Want to Do?

Sermon | March 24, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Have you ever had this sense that there’s just something wrong with you? I’m not suggesting there is… Just the opposite in fact. I know how great you are, and it’s not only because you are a soul deeply loved by God, but also, because I know you, most

Listening to God’s Call

Sermon | January 14, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Jesus, make of me what you will make of me; while you be what I love. Amen. Good morning, Epiphany! It is so good to be with you. I haven’t been in this pulpit in about seven years and yet, it feels as if it was yesterday. I have

Cowboy Boot Repentance

Sermon | December 10, 2023

To watch the sermon click here. We start today with cowboy boots… Just kidding. We start today with John the Baptist. He is a familiar character in the Bible: ”a voice crying out in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord,make his path straight…” To us he may seem an early flamboyant cameo character

Christ the King

Sermon | November 26, 2023

To watch the sermon click here. Let’s just be honest from the start. In this country, we may admire and even be kind of fascinated by the monarchies of other countries (we’re talking about Britain here, because that’s the only one we know anything about)–while we may enjoy the pomp and ceremony of a coronation,

God’s Faithfulness

Sermon | September 17, 2023

To watch the sermon click here. Last Sunday, somebody mentioned from this pulpit that church can be a little bit weird. It was an awkward moment as heads bobbed up and down. Maybe church can be a little weird: after all, anyone can belong; no barriers to entry; impractical business model; and our hero died

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