Confirmation, 2024
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Are you being called to follow Jesus? Continue reading Confirmation, 2024
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 I drove down 29 on my way to my wife … Continue reading The First Sunday of Advent, 2023
Entering into Holy Week means entering into the passion of Christ. It means journeying alongside him. We watch as first the public turn against him, then as Judas betrays him. Then sit vigil with the disciples who cannot keep awake. We hear Peter’s promise to never betray him. Then his disciples scatter; Peter follows but sure enough denies Christ three times. The authorities condemn him, then the Roman authorities crucify him. Continue reading Palm Sunday
Note: This sermon was given at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Murray, Kentucky and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Anchorage, KY on February 14, 2021 on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B. The recording at the bottom of this post is the version for St. John’s. Readings: 2 Kings 1:1-16 Mark 9:2-9 “Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck … Continue reading Silent Watchfulness