Love is more than a Feeling

Sermon | March 5, 2023

This morning I want to preach about a topic that seems easy, and self-evident in the Kingdom of God, and I’m going to make it really complicated. (Typical.) The topic is love. It is a many splendored thing. It’s big and it’s sweet. It’s a playground. And it’s for puppies…It’s all you really need because

Let Us Walk Humbly With Our God

Sermon | January 15, 2023

Let us pray: In the name of the one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. In the passage from Exodus, the Lord said to Moses, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I

The Solid Ground on Which We Stand

Sermon | December 24, 2022

Merry Christmas Eve! I’m glad to see you here this evening. For some of you it may be the first time at Epiphany. Welcome. For many of you this is your spiritual home, and I am glad to be on this journey with you. There may even be a few of you for whom this

A Life of Downward Mobility

Sermon | July 3, 2022

He had our attention from his first sentence, which isn’t something you can say about every graduation speaker or every graduation speech. But he started this way: “I wish for you a life of downward mobility.” Many of us thought we had misheard him. We turned to the people next to us to check. Surely,

Technology and the Feast of Pentecost

Sermon | June 5, 2022

9,000 years ago bricks were invented, and they are still around today. I have no idea how many bricks make up these walls, but I do know these bricks define this sacred space, as a place set apart. Without bricks the windows would not be held in place, and the ceiling would not vault overhead.

We Cannot Always Live in Comfort

Sermon | November 14, 2021

I should begin by noting that today is the first time I have been invited to deliver the homily at a main service. There appears to be a paucity of preachers, so your Chancellor’s name finally came up. If any of you are newcomers, please come back next week, and things will get better. When

What is Ruth All About?

Sermon | October 31, 2021

We heard, in today’s Old Testament lesson, the beginning of the Book of Ruth. The scene was set, the characters were introduced; the three women in the story lost their husbands; Naomi pleaded with her two daughters-in-law to stay in Moab and find themselves new husbands in their own country while she returned to the

Priscilla and “What Can I Do for You?”

Sermon | October 24, 2021

I was on a Zoom call the other day with our Sunday school teachers and as I listened to their vision and energy and passion for our children and the message of Jesus Christ, I couldn’t help but think of my very early days here at Epiphany. When I came, we had no Sunday school

Thoughts and Prayers and…

Sermon | September 5, 2021

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved. Our thoughts and prayers are with the hungry. Our thoughts and prayers are with the homeless. “Thoughts and prayers”: a very common phrase these days. We hear about thoughts and prayers for Haiti; thoughts and prayers for Black Lives

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