John 2:13-22 The images we encounter of Jesus, whether they be physical icons or works of art that we can see and touch, or metaphors and scenes we come back to in moments of prayer and contemplation, shape our understanding of the personality of the incarnate God. Perhaps you are familiar with a particular paintingContinue reading “Not a Tame Lion”
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Make Space
Mark 1:9-15 The following sermon was given to the people of St Luke’s Episcopal Church in Anchorage KY, and shared with the people of St John’s in Murray KY and the people of Thankful Memorial in Chattanooga TN. For the past two weeks, I’ve posed the same question to many different people. I’ve asked youngContinue reading “Make Space”
Disfigure Your Faces
In preparing this sermon, I am indebted to the right reverend Neil Alexander for his reflections on the history of Ash Wednesday, linked at the end of this sermon, as well as to the poetry and ministry of the reverend Elizabeth Brooks Harden. If you flip the page in your bulletin, you will notice thatContinue reading “Disfigure Your Faces”
Lifted Up
Mark 1:29-39 Today we step right back into a very busy 24 hour period in the early ministry of Jesus. We pick up where we left off last Sunday, with Jesus leaving the synagogue after relieving a man of his demons and teaching those present in a remarkable way. The first disciples, Simon, Andrew, James,Continue reading “Lifted Up”
All We Have to do is Look
Luke 2:22-40 The following sermon was given on the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord at the Temple to the people of St Luke’s Episcopal Church in Anchorage KY on February 2nd, 2020, and to the community of the School of Theology in the Chapel of the Apostles on February 2nd, 2018. I thinkContinue reading “All We Have to do is Look”
He is the Teaching
Mark 1:21-28 “They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” The first disciples, whom Jesus called away from their families and their livelihoods to become fishers of people, followed him into Capernaum, into a synagogue on the Sabbath day. This small group of young,Continue reading “He is the Teaching”
Let it be so now
Mark 1:4-11 I am beginning to wonder if the Holy Spirit is trying to tell me something about John the Baptist, because since the beginning of Advent he’s shown up in four of my sermon texts! This is the day that the Church remembers the Baptism of our Lord in the Jordan River, and ofContinue reading “Let it be so now”
Christmas Consolations
Jeremiah 31:7-14 Merry Christmas! It is still Christmas, as my family is tired of hearing me remind at every opportunity. The year of our Lord 2020 has come to an end, and many of us watched the clock strike midnight to begin 2021. Like the pandemic, the masks, the losses, the joys, and the changesContinue reading “Christmas Consolations”
The Empty Stable
Luke 2:1-14(15-20) I have an image in my head, of an empty nativity scene. A vacant stable, closed in on three sides by knotted wood and straw and hints of animals nearby. The figures that belong there, the blue robed Mary and the staff-leaning Joseph and the tiny swaddled infant Jesus nestled snugly in theContinue reading “The Empty Stable”
Good Company
Mark 1:1-8 The past few weeks you’ve heard sermons about waiting, and watching, about keeping alert and about being patient through these unprecedented times. The news has been a wall of warnings and restrictions peppered with bright spots of possible vaccines and promises of an end in sight. The radio and television and even theContinue reading “Good Company”
Mother A Writes 