The First Sunday of Advent, 2023
This sermon was preached for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lynchburg, VA on the First Sunday of Advent, Year B 2023.Photo by Ben Cowgill of All Saints Chapel in Sewanee, TN on a foggy day.Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37 Happy Advent! This weekend’s fog took me by surprise— as maybe it did many of you. As… Continue reading The First Sunday of Advent, 2023
Church?
This sermon was preached for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Clifford, VA) and Grace Episcopal Church (Massies Mill, VA)n Lynchburg, VA on the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A 2023.Photo by Ben Cowgill at Grace Episcopal Church, Massies Mill.Exodus 3:1–15; Romans 12:9–21; Matthew 16:21–28 What is task of the church? I think there is a lot… Continue reading Church?
Weeds and Wheat
No matter how evil, no matter how powerful, God will ultimately judge and resolve it. That is Good News. Sin? It’s gone. The Devil? Taken care of. Racism? Sexism? Homophobia? Poverty? Injustice? Solved. Jesus’ explanation is finally about the completion of God’s plan, of God’s redeeming power over the world to set all things right,…
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