Homily

Proper 24b.18 Epiphany A theophany is a revelation, an appearance of God. This is the story of two theophanies. The first is in Job, a harsh, strange story, that admittedly…

I have three tasks in the sermon this morning. To unpack the lessons from scripture, to eulogize our brother Gary, and to kick off our season of stewardship. Let’s see…

We were in New York last week and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among its’ world-class collection of statues, paintings and design is a large collection of armor from…

Why do we always feel that we don’t have enough? Enough money, enough respect, enough time, enough love, enough of what our neighbors always seem to have? We all want…

I am a white, middle class, male. As such, I have no real experience of being looked at as an outsider. But Paul’s passage from Ephesians today has me thinking…

The epistle this morning is from Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth.  Corinth was quite an interesting place.  The southern portion of Greece is almost like an island,…

One of the great gifts of being a priest is that people are much more willing to share their faith stories with me.  I am blessed when people share their…

John’s letter this morning talks a great deal about love.  “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows…

“Many are saying, ‘Oh, that we might see better times!’”  This phrase from Psalm 4 was written thousands of years ago, but it could easily have been written just last…

Today’s lessons are, for a preacher, something of an embarrassment of riches.  From Isiah to the Psalm to Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi, there are any number of…