Sermons (Page 32)
Keep planting seeds and trust God for the harvest: Pentecost 4
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 17, 2018 Year B, Proper 6: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5:6-17; Mark 4:26-34 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. This week I had the opportunity to meet with a young woman who is applying for the diaconate in the Diocese of Virginia. To be a deacon is to be an ordained member of the clergy. For those of you who don’t know what a deacon is, Marty tells me that…
Crazy, the Lord! Pentecost 3
Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 10, 2018 Year B, Proper 5: 1 Samuel 8:4-1, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15); Psalm 138; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. Today’s passage from Mark’s gospel is chock full of homiletical images nuggets. Any one preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ today would have a variety of options in how they take this sermon. “A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand”. That certainly seems rather prescient in today’s world.…
Unique and inseparable: Trinity Sunday
First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity Sunday, May 27, 2018 Year B, Trinity Sunday: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; Psalm 138; John 3:1-17 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. The First Sunday after Pentecost is a celebration of the Holy Trinity. It’s Trinity Sunday, the day we celebrate not a specific event in the life of the church, but we celebrate a doctrine, specifically, our understanding of the identity of God. Last week, we heard the good news…
Receive the spirit of adoption: Day of Pentecost
Day of Pentecost, May 20, 2018 Year B, Whitsunday: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 104:25-35, 37; Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 138; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. Text not available at time of posting. The sermons are recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. You can listen to this sermon by clicking the link above, but to access the library of audio files for recent sermons, CLICK HERE.
Live In the way of love: Easter 7
Seventh Sunday In Easter, May 13, 2018 7 Easter, Year B: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. Sermon text not available. The sermons are recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. You can listen to this sermon by clicking the link above, but to access the library of audio files for recent sermons, CLICK HERE.
Abide: Make Your Home In me: Easter 6
Sixth SUNDAY of Easter, May 6, 2018 5 Easter, Year B: Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. Sermon text not available. The sermons are recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. You can listen to this sermon by clicking the link above, but to access the library of audio files for recent sermons, CLICK HERE.
We must lift up God’s love: Easter 5
Fifth Sunday In Easter, April 29, 2018 5 Easter, Year B: Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:24-30, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-8 NOTE: No recording for this sermon. The text is below: Fifty-one years ago, the British Broadcasting System, also known as the BBC, commissioned the Beatles to write a song for the United Kingdom’s contribution to a T.V. show, called “Our World”, which was the first live global television link. The Beatles were asked to write and perform a song that…
Christ is the Good Shepherd: Easter 4
Fourth Sunday In Easter, April 22, 2018 4 Easter, Year B: Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18 CLICK HERE to listen to the recorded sermon. No text for this sermon The sermons are recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. You can listen to this sermon by clicking the link above, but to access the library of audio files for recent sermons, CLICK HERE.
Touch me and see: Easter 3
Third Sunday In Easter, April 15, 2018 3 Easter, Year B: Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48 CLICK HERE to listen to recorded sermon. Here we are in the third week of Easter and Jesus is showing himself to the disciples to be very real, to be the risen, embodied Christ. “Touch me and see”, says Christ. It’s almost as if it’s a direct response to Thomas’ request in last week’s gospel to be able to touch…
Hope conquers fear: Easter Vigil
Easter Vigil, March 31, 2018 Easter Vigil, Year B There was no recording of this sermon. The text is below: This is the most blessed and most joyful night of the church year. We celebrate the first liturgy of Easter and Jesus’ resurrection. Frankly, I find the Easter Vigil liturgy the most beautiful liturgy of all. We entered the church on this holy night guided by the light of Christ, the Paschal Candle. We heard readings of the Word…
Atonement = at-one-ment with God: Good Friday
First SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY, January 7, 2018 Epiphany 1, Year B: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Mark 9:2-9 CLICK HERE to listen to the recording. We have just heard some of the most beautiful, painful, heart-wrenching passages of scripture, juxtaposed with one of the holiest, most beautiful, painful, heart-wrenching moments of the Christian story. Jesus, our beloved healer, lover of souls, champion of the poor, weak, and oppressed, the man who washed the feet of his friends,…
We commemorate His perfect love: Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday, March 29, 2018 Maundy Thursday, Year B: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 CLICK HERE to listen to the recording. In the name of God, who has given us a new commandment. John throws us a curve ball so to speak. In this gospel account, John places this meal, this last supper, as happening before the Passover. This is unlike the other three gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, and Luke who all describe this…