Matthew 17:1-9 Please note that some of the links in this sermon lead to descriptions of discriminative policies affecting LGBTQIA+ individuals and people capable of pregnancy. I include these policies to ensure that any narrative built around recent events at Asbury University do not leave out the violence done by such policies and the systemsContinue reading “Awakening”
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Transforming Community
Matthew 5:21-37 Something I noticed for the first time while preparing for last week’s Wednesday Bible Study and for this morning’s sermon has really impacted me and how I’ve been hearing Jesus this week. For several weeks now we’ve been hearing passages from the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew’s Gospel. This is Jesus’s stumpContinue reading “Transforming Community”
Themselves for the Sake of the Kingdom
Matthew 4:12-23 A dear friend pointed out to me this past week that Jesus begins his public ministry not just after his baptism, but also after John has been arrested. She said “Jesus began preaching the kingdom right after it had become unequivocally clear that preaching the kingdom gets people in trouble with those inContinue reading “Themselves for the Sake of the Kingdom”
No Greater Legacy
John 1:29-42 John the Baptizer is remembered in scripture for the way he dedicated his entire life to his one true purpose, pointing toward the Messiah. Even before his birth, John was already acting instinctively to fulfill this vocation, pointing his mother’s eyes toward Mary and the salvation promise she carried within her. As aContinue reading “No Greater Legacy”
Made For Each Other
Matthew 3:13-17 The sermon referenced here can be found in a recording here beginning at minute 38, given by the Reverend Patricia Lyons, DMin at the ordination to the priesthood of Cara Modisett and Samson Mamour in the Diocese of Southwestern VA. Praise God for their ministries! Yesterday I had the privilege of attending theContinue reading “Made For Each Other”
Unexpect It.
Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20 A key idea for this sermon came from Under the Whispering Door, a novel by TJ Klune. For four weeks we are called to wrap ourselves in expectation, anticipating the coming of an infant who is our God and Savior. We talk about expectant joy, preparing the way, clearing a path forContinue reading “Unexpect It.”
The Victorious Surrender
Luke 2:1-14(15-20) For this sermon on the Incarnation, I am indebted to the work of the reverend Mark Nabors, vicar of St Alban’s Stuttgart and St Peter’s Tollville, who composed the hymn text In the birth of Jesus, God came among us as one of us. This was not a symbolic act of solidarity butContinue reading “The Victorious Surrender”
Standing Guardian
Matthew 1:18-25 When we picture the family of Jesus, we probably all see some variation of the same image. Jesus is at the center of the Holy Family, held in the arms of Mary who looks down upon him with quiet reverence and perhaps a small smile. Standing or kneeling above them, perhaps leaning againstContinue reading “Standing Guardian”
Doubt & A Thrill of Hope
Matthew 11:2-11 John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb in recognition of the miracle Mary carried. John the Baptist left behind his comfortable birthright for a short life of locusts and wild honey and persecution. John the Baptist was the voice crying out in the wilderness even when his voice grew hoarse and theContinue reading “Doubt & A Thrill of Hope”
It Starts With Repentance
Matthew 3:1-12 We meet John the Baptizer in the season when we are awaiting the birth of the infant, and that can make our timelines a bit fuzzy. John is both the harbinger of the Messiah and his contemporary. The adult John is not already preaching while the unborn Jesus still grows in his mother’sContinue reading “It Starts With Repentance”
Mother A Writes 