“The Temple” – The 3rd Sunday in Lent

March 3, 2024
Dear Friends in Christ,   It was easy to identify the temple in Jerusalem: It was the magnificent building made of stone, divided into two rooms. A wall enclosed the…
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Passage: John 2:13-22 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"

“The Person and Work of Christ” – 2nd Sunday in Lent

February 25, 2024
I. The Person and Work of Jesus Christ The Gospel of Mark is sort of written as a mystery: not a who-dun-it mystery, but a who-is-He mystery? Who is this…
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Passage: Mark 8:27-38 “And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.”

“The Agnus Dei” – The 3rd Sunday in Advent

December 17, 2023
I. The Face in the Crowd There's something compelling about John the Baptist. It probably isn't only the camels' hair wardrobe or the diet of locusts and wild honey. There's…
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Passage: John 1:6-8, 19-28 , “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.”

“The Kyrie” – 2nd Sunday in Advent

December 10, 2023
I. The Lord Comes   The LORD-all capital letters-is coming. Yahweh Himself is on the way.   But is this good news? Yahweh is holy and righteous, a consuming fire…
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Passage: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make his paths straight!" John the Baptist is the preacher who fulfills this prophecy. It was Isaiah who uttered it by the Lord's inspiration in Isaiah 40, our Old Testament Lesson. Not only does he foretell John the Baptist, the voice crying in the wilderness, but he also tells what John will proclaim: “Prepare the way of the LORD!” Mark 1:1-8

“The Sanctus” – 1st Sunday in Advent

December 3, 2023
I. The King of Manger, Donkey and Cross   Dear friends of God in Christ Jesus,   It may seem strange to use a reading that we normally hear on…
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Passage: “Those who went before and those who followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!’” Mark 11:1-10

“While We Wait” – Proper 29A

November 26, 2023
Dear Friends In Christ,   On this last Sunday of the Church Year we have the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. On the surface, it seems simple enough:…
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Passage: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. Matthew 25:31-46

“The Unfair Master” – Proper 28

November 19, 2023
Dear friends in Christ,   The master of the household doesn’t give equal shares to his servants. One gets five talents of money. One gets two and one gets one.…
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Passage: Matthew 25:14-30 “It will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.”

“Prepared?” – Proper 27, Pentecost 24

November 12, 2023
I. Ten Virgins   "Oh, come on, you've got to share." That’s the pleading voice of five foolish virgins as the Bridegroom draws near. The wedding feast is about to…
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Passage: Matthew 25:1-13 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise.”

“Not What We Appear” – All Saint’s Day (Observed)

November 5, 2023
Dear Friends in Christ,   This morning I would like to look at this text from 1st John from two perspectives – first, according to the Law of God, and…
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Passage: Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) 1 John 3:1-3
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