Mark 16_9-15, 19-20
I love a good mystery story. I love reading mystery books as opposed to academic books which most people think I like. I find an author who speaks to me and I glom onto him or her…
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Sermons (Page 59)
John 15:9-17
Jesus that did in Mary dwell, be in your servants’ hearts as well. In the spirit of your holiness, in the fullness of your force and stress, in the very ways that your life goes, in virtues that your patterns show…
1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-8
You’ve had those experiences in your life when you just get that sense that it’s good to be together. It’s just good to be. I want to talk a little bit about that word “be” and what it can mean in our lives…
Luke 24:36b-48
There are a lot of actions and gestures that we do in worship. You see people kneeling or bowing for reverence. We’ve just stood up to hear the gospel. People will kneel or stand for prayer…
John 20: 19-31
It will be ten years ago next month that I was ordained as a vocational deacon right here in St. Paul’s. I was so thrilled and in awe I could be serving God in such a way and I still am…
John 20:1-18
One thing I find interesting in the stories that we read from the scripture about that first Easter Day, the day of the resurrection, is that the disciples never experience what they expect in the risen Christ…
Mark 16:1-8
We have been waiting for this night for so long. It’s hard to believe that it’s just over 40 days since we may have knelt at this rail or another to have ashes put on our heads to begin our Lenten journey…
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…
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
I must admit that when asked to do the homily for tonight I was a bit perplexed to come up with a new angle, so to speak. I have done a homily for Maundy Thursday many times…
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…