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Homilies (Page 45)

Good Friday 2015

John 18:1-19:42
Preaching Good Friday is always a challenge because it’s a day of such profundity. A day when the heart of God and the heart of humanity collide, and yet miss each other and later find each other…

Palm Sunday 2015

Mark 11: 1-11, Mark 14:1-15:47
Have you ever had someone do an unexpected kindness for you? A note in the mail that touches you at a time of your need, an offer for conversation over coffee when that’s just what you want…

Pennies

John 2: 13-22
Growing up in my father’s house, my dad always kept pennies, either on his dresser or in a jar. Now pennies aren’t worth much any more, but they actually were, back then…

The Baptismal Covenant

Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15
You hear the word “covenant” in our readings today, particularly in that reading from Genesis, that covenant that there will never again be a flood. I’d love to hear that being read today in the churches of Boston…

Healing and Prayer

Mark 1:21-28, 29-39, Isaiah 40:21-31
How often do you think about healing and prayer? If you are at all like me there are names on your daily prayer list … where you lift up a life by name to God for healing and wholeness…