Last week I blogged with some thoughts about faith in preparation for the sermon I was to preach today. Except I was wrong. I was celebrating (leading the service to non-Anglicans and Catholics) but not preaching. Which was fine because the sermon preached was excellent. But so that there is […]
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Yesterday I posted this: I always wrestle with this, not so much the concept but the definition. I am preaching on June 8th and the readings are Hosea 5:15-6:6, Romans 4:13-25, and Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26. So I ask, what do you all think of this ultra-simplistic definition of faith? Faith […]
I always wrestle with this, not so much the concept but the definition. I am preaching on June 8th and the readings are Hosea 5:15-6:6, Romans 4:13-25, and Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26. So I ask, what do you all think of this ultra-simplistic definition of faith? Faith = Belief + Action
Easter Sunday, Year A Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:7-8) – Amen. Last Sunday I spoke of our […]
The Seven Last Words of ChristThe Fourth Word Matt. 27:45 From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 46 And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” […]
My sermon for Palm Sunday, Year A. The Liturgy of the Palms Matthew 21:1-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 The Liturgy of the Word Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14- 27:66 or Matthew 27-11-54 Psalm 31:9-16 In the unlikely event that you have just returned from a two-year expedition into the canyons […]
Why is it that no matter how much I plan or even prepare during the week, I never seem to have time to sit down to write a sermon until 10 pm on Saturday night?
I want to wish you all a happy and blessed new year! I will offer more tomorrow, but tonight I am going to play with my family at the First Night Festivities in State College. In the meantime, here is my homily from this afternoon’s service. (Warning, this is a […]
I have been otherwise busy over the last two days with shopping, playing with the kids, cooking, and services. Some have asked what we did on Christmas Eve. My day included preparing the sermon below for the 7 pm service. I am not sure how much I will post in […]