When they were adolescents, our sons used to tease me when I would try to impart some bit of wisdom to them. I seldom tried to talk to them at the same time about anything important because I knew that effort would be doomed to certain failure from the start. But even when I took the precaution of speaking to them separately, whoever I got to first would end up alerting his brother to what was up. If I talked to David first, when he heard me say, "Adam can I talk to you for a minute?" he'd … [Read more...]
Sermon Archive
Here you will find a record of the recent sermons that we are fortunate to have in electronic format. Some are available as written texts and some as audio recordings. Enjoy.
Trusting God Means Taking Risks
As I read the gospel for today, I found myself wondering how successful Jesus would have been as a recruiter...for the military, for industry, for business, for anything.These days, as probably has been true since forever, the demands of a job may be stated clearly, but the rewards that job promises are, or used to be, also stated clearly and quickly and, perhaps, even first.To be fair to him, I have to acknowledge that this is not a recruitment speech he's giving his disciples, but when I think … [Read more...]
When Our Hunger Overcomes Our Caution
When I was growing up in the Episcopal Church of the 1950s and ‘60s, I can’t remember ever hearing the word Pentecost except in the reading we just heard from the Acts of the Apostles...if I was even listening to that. What I do remember is a Sunday called Whitsunday. Whitsunday, I learned, was the birthday of the church which I vaguely understood to involve a lot of people gathered in some place called the “upper room,” a bird...a dove to be precise, a strong wind and flames of fire. What … [Read more...]
Sermon Delivered June 1
This past Thursday was Ascension Day. It comes forty days after Easter, and marks Jesus's final leave-taking from his disciples after the resurrection. As I pondered this morning's passage from the Acts of the Apostles during the week, a sentence caught my attention in a way it never has before. As you probably know, the evangelist Luke is credited with this record of the early Church, and he writes it as a continuation of his gospel, an "orderly account" set down after "investigating carefully" … [Read more...]
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