The essential nature of repentance is not about telling God we are sorry and that we will try harder next time. Jesus is not talking about rule-breaking and punishment. Rather, what Jesus is talking about is being in a relationship with God or suffering the consequences of that absence, which is perishing into non-existence.
A Sermon on Repentance (Ex. 3:1-15; Lk. 13:1-9) Read More »
As you receive the communion wafer, let it touch your lips, and at that moment, know that you are no longer a person of unclean lips. And as you allow the wafer to pass through your lips, experience the grace of God coming upon you – in all of its wonder and awe and its amazement and incomprehension.
A Sermon on Our Sin and God’s Cleansing (Isa. 6:1-8) Read More »
Always remember who YOU ARE in your baptism. See the Spirit. Hear the Father. And never forget that you are a Child of the Most High.
A Sermon on Jesus’s Baptism (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Ps. 29) Read More »
Christ’s Kingdom is not simply about where we go when we die, but his Kingdom is about where we go now when we are still very much alive. Christ’s Kingdom is not somewhere out there, but it is right here with us and within us, right now.
A Sermon on Christ’s Kingdom (John 18:33-37) Read More »
Jesus knew that his disciples would encounter much hardship and temptation on their way to Jerusalem and to the Cross but he gave them these teachings as a foundation. He gives us these same teachings to us as we too take up our cross, serve one another, and understand that whoever does good works in Jesus’s name also belongs to the Kingdom.
A Sermon on Jesus Preparing his Disciples (Mark 9:38-50) Read More »
Our concern should never be whether God is on our side, but whether we are on God’s side.
A Sermon on the Temple of David’s Son (2 Sam. 7:1-14a) Read More »
The question remains as to how we see this Reality that we are joint Beloveds with Christ? How can we know that we too are the Beloved of God? How can we not only understand the Trinity but experience it in our lives? How can we be assured?
Love’s Trinity – A Sermon for Trinity Sunday Read More »
The ministry of lay persons is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear witness to him wherever they may be; and, according to the gifts given them, to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world.
A Reflection on Hildegard of Bingen Read More »
The result of living a life of gratitude towards God in Christ is a breaking of the pattern of Prayer, Deliverance, and Forgetfulness, because every day, not just the extraordinary days, are days to give thanks.
A Sermon on the Healing of the Ten Lepers Read More »
Like Mary, we too have been asked and tasked to help make God real and present in this world.
Reflections on the Annunciation (Isa. 7:10-14, Luke 1:26-38) Read More »
