Here are (almost) all of my sermons going back to 2008. A sermon is like looking at a musical score, while preaching is like listening to the music. Preaching happens when the words of the sermon and the attention of the listener mingle. So, what you have here is half the raw material for the preaching moment. The other half is your interaction with it.
A prayer for Sermon Writing
Dear God, I offer this sermon to you, and I ask that you grant me the grace to put such grace into words; help me, an imperfect being, speak of perfection; help me, a fallen being, speak of the one who has arisen. Make my unworthy words worthy, my poor offering rich. May I listen well enough to hear what you would have me say, and together may we find the words to bring your good news to those yearning to hear it. In Jesus Christ’s name, I pray. Amen.
A Prayer for Sermon engagement
Gracious God, help me to be open to an encounter with your living Word through the words of the preacher. Make me attentive to the moment in the sermon that is about me, and grant me the grace to live each day of my life attentive to your Word speaking to me in myriad ways. In the name of that Word, your Son Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.
2024
2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020
2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016
2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012
2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008
2024
“The Stories We Tell” (Sunday, April 14, 2024 || Easter 3B || Acts 3:12-19; Luke 24:36b-48)
“Faith and Unfaith” (Sunday, April 7, 2024 || Easter 2B || John 20:19-31)
“Noli Me Tangere” (Sunday, March 31, 2024 || Easter Day B || John 20:1-18)
“Humble Triumph” (Sunday, March 24, 2024 || Palm/Passion B || John 12:12-16; Mark 14:26 – 15:47)
“Staying In” (Sunday, March 17, 2024 || Lent 5B || John 12:20-33)
“The Lighthouse” (Sunday, March 10, 2024 || Lent 4B || John 3:14-21)
“The Foolishness of God” (Sunday, March 3, 2024 || Lent 3B || 1 Corinthians 1:18-25)
“Worthiness and Grace” (Sunday, February 25, 2024 || Lent 2B || Romans 4:13-25)
“Trust This Good News” (Sunday, February 18, 2024 || Lent 1B || Mark 1:9-15)
“God’s Providence” (Sunday, February 11, 2024 || Last Epiphany B || Mark 9:2-9)
“The Spiral” (Sunday, February 4, 2024 || Epiphany 5B || Isaiah 40:21-31; Mark 1:29-39)
“Ten Years of Thanksgiving” (Sunday, January 28, 2024 || Epiphany 4B || Psalm 111)
“Tarshish and Nineveh” (Sunday, January 21, 2024 || Epiphany 3B || Jonah 3:1-5, 10)
“A Deep Breath (Updated)” (Sunday, January 14, 2024 || Epiphany 2B || 1 Samuel 3:1-10)
“Washing with the Holy Spirit” (Sunday, January 7, 2024 || Epiphany 1B || Genesis 1:1-5; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11)
2023
“The Prince of Peace” (Sunday, December 24, 2023 || Christmas Eve || Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20)
“Daunting Tasks” (Sunday, December 24, 2023 || Advent 4B || Luke 1:26-38)
“Practicing Awareness” (Sunday, December 3, 2023 || Advent 1B || Mark 13:24-37)
“The Shepherd and the King” (Sunday, November 26, 2023 || Reign of Christ A || Ezekiel:11-16, 20-24; Matthew 25:31-46)
“We Will Serve the Lord” (Sunday, November 12, 2023 || Proper 27A || Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25)
“A Better World, with Help from Star Trek” (Sunday, November 5, 2023 || All Saints A || Revelation 7:9-17; Matthew 5:1-12)
“What We Mean When We Say ‘Love’” (Sunday, October 29, 2023 || Proper 25A || Matthew 22:34-46)
“The God of Peace” (Sunday, October 15, 2023 || Proper 23A || Philippians 4:1-9)
“Living the Wisdom of the Ten Commandments” (Sunday, October 8, 2023 || Proper 22A || Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20)
“The Mind of Christ” (Sunday, October 1, 2023 || Proper 21A || Philippians 2:1-13
“Generous Justice” (Sunday, September 24, 2023 || Proper 20A || Matthew 20:1-16)
“77 Times” (Sunday, September 17, 2023 || Proper 19A || Matthew 18:21-35)
“In My Name (updated)” (Sunday, September 10, 2023 || Proper 18A || Matthew 18:15-20)
“I Will Be With You” (Sunday, September 3, 2023 || Proper 17A || Exodus 3:1-15)
“What We Mean When We Say ‘God’” (Sunday, August 27, 2023 || Proper 16A || Matthew 16:13-20)
Mini-Sermons: “Lectionary Teaching” and “Irrevocable” (Sunday, August 20, 2023 || Proper 15A || Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32)
“Right Here” (Sunday, August 13, 2023 || Proper 14A || Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33)
“Scattering Seeds” (Sunday, July 16, 2023 || Proper 10A || Matthew 13:1-19, 18-23)
“I Will Give You Rest” (Sunday, July 9, 2023 || Proper 9A || Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
“Not Running” (Sunday, July 2, 2023 || Proper 8A || Genesis 22:1-14)
“The Distortion of Sin” (Sunday, June 25, 2023 || Proper 7A || Romans 6:1b-11)
“Laugh Tracking (Updated)” (Sunday, June 18, 2023 || Proper 6A || Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7)
“Dignity” (Sunday, June 11, 2023 || Proper 5A || Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26)
“The Wind Blows Where It Chooses” (Sunday, May 28, 2023 || Pentecost A || Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21)
“Alabanza” (Sunday, May 21, 2023 || Easter 7A || John 17:1-11)
“The Spirit of Truth” (Sunday, May 14, 2023 || Easter 6A || John 14:15-21)
“Stephen the Red Shirt” (Sunday, May 7, 2023 || Easter 5A || Acts 7:55-60)
“Even the Good One” (Sunday, April 30, 2023 || Easter 4A || Psalm 23; John 10:1-10)
“Where is God?” (Sunday, April 23, 2023 || Easter 3A || Luke 24:13-35)
“The Two Endings of John” (Sunday, April 16, 2023 || Easter 2A || John 20:19-31)
“Simon, Lazarus, Philip, Mary” (Sunday, April 9, 2023 || Easter Sunday A || John 20:1-18)
“Who Are You Looking For?” (Friday, April 7, 2023 || Good Friday || Passion According to John)
“The Crowd’s Four Lines” (Sunday, April 2, 2023 || Palm/Passion A || Matthew 26:36–27:56)
“May Not Perish But May Have Eternal Life” (Sunday, March 26, 2023 || Lent 5A || John 11:1-45)
“So that Everyone Who Believes in Him…” (Sunday, March 19, 2023 || Lent 4A || John 9:1-41)
“That God Gave God’s Only Son…” (Sunday, March 12, 2023 || Lent 3A || John 4:5-42)
“For God So Loved the World…” (Sunday, March 5, 2023 || Lent 2A || John 3:1-17)
“The Lens of Love” (Wednesday, February 22, 2023 || Ash Wednesday)
“The Vision” (Sunday, February 19, 2023 || Last Epiphany A || Matthew 17:1-9)
“New Ministry” (Saturday, February 11, 2023 || Feast of Theodora || Celebration of New Ministry)
“You are the Light” (Sunday, February 5, 2023 || Epiphany 5A)
“The Funeral Homily” (Sunday, January 29, 2023 || Epiphany 4A)
“I am of Paul” (Sunday, January 22, 2023 || Epiphany 3A || 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
“The Intention of Giving Thanks” (Sunday, January 15, 2023 || Epiphany 2A || 1 Corinthians 1:1-9)
“Intro to Baptism” (Sunday, January 8, 2023 || Epiphany 1A || Matthew 3:13-17
“The 26-Foot U-Haul” (Sunday, January 1, 2023 || Feast of the Holy Name || Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 2:15-21)
2022
“O Magnum Mysterium” (Saturday, December 24, 2022 || Christmas Eve || John 1:1-14)
“Joseph’s Letter” (Sunday, December 11, 2022 || Advent 4A || Matthew 1:18-25)
“The Fire” (Sunday, December 4, 2022 || Advent 2A || Matthew 3:1-12)
“NIMBY and the Reign of Christ” (Sunday, November 20, 2022 || Reign of Christ C || Jeremiah 23:1-6)
“Pretenders” (Sunday, November 13, 2022 || Proper 28C || Luke 21:5-19)
“The Uncommon Lives of Saints” (Sunday, November 6, 2022 || All Saints C || Ephesians 1:11-23)
“Intercession” (Sunday, October 30, 2022 || Proper 26C || 2 Thessalonians 1:1-14, 11-12
“Intentions, Revisited” (Sunday, October 23, 2022 || Proper 25C || Luke 18:9-14)
“Calling to You” (Sunday, October 16, 2022 || Proper 24C || Luke 18:1-8)
“See All the Gifts” (Sunday, October 9, 2022 || Proper 23C || Luke 17:11-19)
“Mustard Seed Faith” (Sunday, October 2, 2022 || Proper 22C || Luke 17:5-10)
“In Whom I Put My Trust” (Sunday, September 25, 2022 || Proper 21C || Psalm 91; Jeremiah 32)
“Your Neighbor’s Cloak” (Sunday, September 18, 2022 || Proper 20C || Jeremiah 8:18–9:1; Luke 16:1-13)
“Gone Astray” (Sunday, September 11, 2022 || Proper 19C || Luke 15:1-10)
“Thinning the Crowds” (Sunday, September 4, 2022 || Proper 18C || Luke 14:25-33)
“The Fountain and the Cistern” (Sunday, August 28, 2022 || Proper 17C || Jeremiah 2:4-13)
“I Choose You” (Sunday, August 21, 2022 || Proper 16C || Jeremiah 1:4-10)
“Comforting Words/Challenging Words” (Sunday, August 14, 2022 || Proper 15C || Luke 12:49-56)
“In a World Where You Can Be Anything…” (Sunday, July 10, 2022 || Proper 10C || Luke 10:25-37)
“Epic Quest (updated)” (Sunday, July 3, 2022 || Proper 9C || 2 Kings 5:1-14)
“Called to Freedom” (Sunday, June 26, 2022 || Proper 8C || Galatians 5:1, 13-25)
“The Harmonies of Liberty” (Sunday, June 19, 2022 || Proper 7C || Galatians 3:23-29)
“The Candle Flame of Hope” (Sunday, June 12, 2022 || Trinity Sunday C || Romans 5:1-5)
“Maranatha Meditation” (Sunday, May 29, 2022 || Easter 7C || Revelation 22:20)
“Revelations, the Good Parts Version (updated)” (Sunday, May 22, 2022 || Easter 6C || Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5)
“With Open Hearts and Outstretched Hands” (Sunday, May 15, 2022 || Easter 5C || Acts 11:1-18)
“Listen to My Voice” (Sunday, May 9, 2022 || Easter 4C || John 10:22-30)
“Peter and Jesus” (Sunday, May 1, 2022 || Easter 3C || John 21:1-19
“Five Easter Encounters” (Sunday, April 17, 2022 || Easter Sunday C || John 20:1-18)
“The Com-Passion Gospel” (Sunday, April 10, 2022 || Palm/Passion C || Luke 22:39–23:49)
“Unlearn What You Have Learned” (Sunday, April 3, 2022 || Lent 5C || Philippians 3:4b-14)
“Begin Again” (Sunday, March 27, 2022 || Lent 4C || 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
“Bearing Walls” (Sunday, March 20, 2022 || Lent 3C || 1 Corinthians 10:1-13)
“The Shadow of Your Wings” (Sunday, March 13, 2022 || Lent 2C || Luke 13:31-35)
“The Discipline of Gentleness” (Sunday, March 6, 2022 || Lent 1C || Luke 4:1-13)
“As Far as the East is from the West” (Wednesday, March 2, 2022 || Ash Wednesday || Psalm 103)
“Seven Moments of Prayer” (Sunday, February 27, 2022 || Last Epiphany C || Luke 9:28-36)
“I Contain Multitudes” (Sunday, February 13, 2022 || Epiphany 6C || Luke 6:17-26)
“Catching People” (Sunday, February 6, 2022 || Epiphany 5C || Luke 5:1-11)
“Our Great ‘Why’” (Sunday, January 30, 2022 || Epiphany 4C || 1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
“The Meditation of My Heart” (Sunday, January 23, 2022 || Epiphany 3C || Psalm 19)
“For the Common Good” (Sunday, January 16, 2022 || Epiphany 2C || 1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
“You are Mine, My Love, My Joy” (Sunday, January 9, 2022 || Epiphany 1C || Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
2021
“The Stone Manger” (Friday, December 24, 2021 || Christmas Eve || Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20)
“Magnify the Lord (updated)” (Sunday, December 19, 2021 || Advent 4C || Luke 1:39-55)
“The Lord is Near” (Sunday, December 12, 2021 || Advent 3C || Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18)
“Theological Geography” (Sunday, December 5, 2021 || Advent 2C || Luke 3:1-6)
“A Most Ingenious Paradox (updated)” (Sunday, November 28, 2021 || Advent 1C || Jeremiah 33:14-16)
“A Particular Vision of Reality” (Sunday, November 21, 2021 || Reign of Christ B || John 18:33-37)
“Necessary Gifts” (Sunday, November 7, 2021 || All Saints B || John 11:32-44)
“First of All” (Sunday, October 31, 2021 || Proper 26B || Mark 12:28-34)
“Second Chances” (Sunday, October 24, 2021 || Proper 25B || Mark 10:46-52)
“The Key to Curiosity” (Sunday, October 17, 2021 || Proper 24B || Job 38:1-7)
“Astonishing Words About Wealth” (Sunday, October 10, 2021 || Proper 23B || Mark 10:17-31)
“The Anonymous Scholarly Paper of an Early Follower of Jesus” (Sunday, October 3, 2021 || Proper 22B || Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12)
“Be-Loved” (Sunday, September 26, 2021 || Proper 21B || Mark 9:38-50)
“Seeds of Peace” (Sunday, September 19, 2021 || Proper 20B || James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a)
“High Noon (updated)” (Sunday, September 12, 2021 || Proper 19B || Mark 8:27-38)
“Water in the Desert” (Sunday, September 5, 2021 || Proper 18B || Holy Baptism)
“Intentions” (Sunday, August 29, 2021 || Proper 17B || Mark 7:1-23)
“The Armor of God” (Sunday, August 22, 2021 || Proper 16B || Ephesians 6:10-20)
“The Wishing Prayer” (Sunday, August 15, 2021 || Proper 15B || 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14)
“Fear and Trust” (Sunday, August 8, 2021 || Proper 14B || John 6:35, 41-51)
“Grace-Full” (Sunday, July 4, 2021 || Proper 9B || 2 Corinthians 2:2-10)
“Two Hands” (Sunday, June 27, 2021 || Proper 8B || Mark 5:21-43)
“God’s Divine Math” (Sunday, June 20, 2021 || Proper 7B || 2 Corinthians 6:1-13)
“P.O.V.” (Sunday, June 13, 2021 || Proper 6B || 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10,14-17)
“Word. Love. Dream.” (Sunday, June 6, 2021 || Proper 5B || Mark 3:20-35)
“Ambivalence and the Holy Trinity” (Sunday, May 30, 2021 || Trinity Sunday B)
“Staying in Touch” (Sunday, May 23, 2021 || Pentecost B || Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15)
“Psalms of Uncertainty” (Sunday, May 16, 2021 || Easter 7B || Psalm 1)
“Of Asparagus and Introspection” (Sunday, May 9, 2021 || Easter 6B || Acts 10:44-48)
“Other Sheep” (Sunday, April 25, 2021 || Easter 4B || John 10:11-18)
“What We Will Be” (Sunday, April 18, 2021 || Easter 3B || Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7)
“Peace Be With You” (Sunday, April 11, 2021 || Easter 2B || John 20:19-31)
“The Cliffhanger” (Sunday, April 4, 2021 || Easter Sunday B || Mark 16:1-8)
“Field Trip to Jerusalem” (Sunday, March 28, 2021 || Palm/Passion B || Mark 14–15)
“We Wish to See Jesus” (Sunday, March 21, 2021 || Lent 5B || John 12:20-33)
“Being Saved” (Sunday, March 14, 2021 || Lent 4B || Numbers 21:4-9; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21)
“The Temple of His Body” (Sunday, March 7, 2021 || Lent 3B || John 2:13-22)
“The Cross of Compassion” (Sunday, February 28, 2021 || Lent 2B || Mark 8:31-38)
“The Rainbow” (Sunday, February 21, 2021 || Lent 1B || Genesis 9:8-17)
“The Fast that I Choose” (Wednesday, February 17, 2021 || Ash Wednesday || Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
“The Loving Gaze of God” (Sunday, February 14, 2021 || Last Epiphany B || Mark 9:2-9)
“Grasshoppers” (Sunday, February 7, 2021 || Epiphany 5B || Isaiah 40:21-31)
“Prophecy” (Sunday, January 31, 2021 || Epiphany 4B || Deuteronomy 18:15-20)
“Follow Me” (Sunday, January 24, 2021 || Epiphany 3B || Mark 1:14-20)
“I Saw You” (Sunday, January 17, 2021 || Epiphany 2B || John 1:43-51)
“One Step Behind Jesus” (Sunday, January 10, 2021 || Epiphany 1B || Mark 1:4-11)
“The Garden and the Wasteland (updated)” (Sunday, January 3, 2021 || Christmas 2 || Luke 2:41-52)
2020
“Mercy Wild” (Sunday, December 20, 2020 || Advent 4B || Luke 1:26-38)
“Sent by God (or Bible Hero Syndrome)” (Sunday, December 13, 2020 || Advent 3B || John 1:6-8, 19-28)
“Weightlifting” (Sunday, December 6, 2020 || Advent 2B || Isaiah 40:1-11)
“Author-ity” (Sunday, November 22, 2020 || Reign of Christ Year A || Ephesians 1:15-23)
“1,142 Thank Yous” (Sunday, November 8, 2020 || Proper 27A || Matthew 25:1-13)
“The Upside Down” (Sunday, November 1, 2020 || All Saints A || Matthew 5:1-12)
“The Tinker and the Prince (A Fairy Tale Sermon)” (Sunday, October 25, 2020 || Proper 25A || Matthew 22:34-46)
“Prayer and Anxiety” (Sunday, October 18, 2020 || Proper 24A || Exodus 33:12-23)
“Three Kinds of Power (With a Lot of Help from Star Wars)” (Sunday, October 4, 2020 || Proper 22A || Philippians 3:4b-14)
“I Don’t Know (Third Base!)” (Sunday, September 27, 2020 || Proper 21A || Matthew 21:23-32)
“Surge Capacity” (Sunday, September 20, 2020 || Proper 20A || Exodus 16:2-15)
“The Funeral Anthem: A Meditation” (Sunday, September 13, 2020 || Proper 19A || Romans 14:1-12)
“In the Middle of Them” (Sunday, September 6, 2020 || Proper 18A || Matthew 18:15-20)
“Get Behind Me, Satan” (Sunday, August 30 || Proper 17A || Matthew 16:21-28)
“Renewing Our Minds” (Sunday. August 23, 2020 || Proper 16A || Romans 12:1-8)
“40,000 Words” (Sunday, August 9, 2020 || Proper 14A || Matthew 14:22-33)
“Dependence Day” (Sunday, July 5, 2020 || Proper 9A || Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
“Getting to Know Jesus” (Sunday, June 28, 2020 || Proper 8A || Romans 6:12-23)
“The God Who Sees” (Sunday, June 21, 2020 || Proper 7A || Genesis 21:8-21)
“The Meaning of Stories” (Sunday, June 14, 2020 || Proper 6A || Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7)
“Disrupt/Comfort” (Sunday, May 31, 2020 || Pentecost A || Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23)
“Be My Witnesses” (Sunday, May 24, 2020 || Easter 7A || Acts 1:6-14)
“The Impulse to Pray” (Sunday, May 17, 2020 || Easter 6A || John 14:15-21)
“Into Your Hands” (Sunday, May 10, 2020 || Easter 5A || Psalm 31)
“The Threefold Voice” (Sunday, May 3, 2020 || Easter 4A || John 10:1-10)
“The Fire of Faith” (Sunday, April 26, 2020 || Easter 3A || Luke 24:13-35)
“Breathing on Statues (updated)” (Sunday, April 19, 2020 || Easter 2A || John 20:19-31)
“Why Are You Weeping?” (Sunday, April 12, 2020 || Easter Day A || John 20:1-18)
“Lamentation” (Sunday, April 5, 2020 || Palm/Passion Sunday A || Passion According to Matthew)
“Why Jesus Wept” (Sunday, March 29, 2020 || Lent 5A || John 11:1-45)
“Deep Breaths with Palestrina” (Sunday, March 22, 2020 || Lent 4A || Psalm 23; John 9:1-41)
“Everything I Have Ever Done” (Sunday, March 15, 2020 || Lent 3A || John 4:5-42)
“New Questions” (Sunday, March 8, 2020 || Lent 2A || John 3:1-17)
“To Serve and Preserve” (Sunday, March 1, 2020 || Lent 1A || Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7)
“Face Paint” (Wednesday, February 26, 2020 || Ash Wednesday || Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
“Transactions and Relationships” (Sunday, February 16, 2020 || Epiphany 6A || Deuteronomy 30:15-20)
“Shine Through” (Sunday, February 9, 2020 || Epiphany 5A || Matthew 5:13-20)
“Something of You in Each Other” (Sunday, February 2, 2020 || Feast of the Presentation || Luke 2:22-40)
“Old Life, New Life” (Sunday, January 26, 2020 || Epiphany 3A || Matthew 4:12-23)
“Where Are You Staying?” (Sunday, January 19, 2020 || Epiphany 2A || John 1:19-42)
“Righteousness and Grace” (Sunday, January 12, 2020 || Epiphany 1A || Matthew 3:13-17)
“New Year’s Intentions” (Sunday, January 5, 2020 || Christmas 2)
2019
“A Bard’s Christmas Song” (Wednesday, December 26, 2019 || Christmas Day)
“Rightside Up Again” (Tuesday, December 24, 2019 || Christmas Eve || Luke 2:1-20)
“Beyond Fear” (Sunday, December 22, 2019 || Advent 4A || Matthew 1:18-25)
“New Reality” (Sunday, December 15, 2019 || Advent 3A || Matthew 11:2-11)
“Change Your Hearts and Lives” (Sunday, December 8, 2019 || Advent 2A || Matthew 3:1-12)
“I Will Give You Words” (Sunday, November 17, 2019 || Proper 28C || Luke 21:5-19)
“Engage, Expand, Reach Deeper” (Sunday, November 10, 2019 || Proper 27C || Luke 20:27-38)
“Play Your Game, Not Theirs” (Sunday, November 3, 2019 || All Saints’ C || Luke 6:20-31)
“God-Breathed” (Sunday, October 20, 2019 || Proper 24C || 2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:5)
“Thank You, God” (Sunday, October 13, 2019 || Proper 23C || Luke 17:11-19)
“Laid Bare” (Sunday, October 6, 2019 || Proper 22C || Psalm 137)
“Walk in Love” (Sunday, September 29, 2019 || Proper 21C || Luke 16:19-31)
“Twenty Bucks” (Sunday, September 22, 2019 || Proper 20C || Luke 16:1-13)
“The Found Sheep” (Sunday, September 15, 2019 || Proper 19C || Luke 15:1-10)
“On the Basis of Love” (Sunday, September 8, 2019 || Proper 18C || Philemon 1-21)
“Three Stories of Jesus” (Sunday, September 1, 2019 || Proper 17C || Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16)
“Red Yarn” (Sunday, August 25, 2019 || Proper 16C || Luke 13:10-17)
“ Cloud of Witnesses” (Sunday, August 18, 2019 || Proper 15C || Hebrews 11:29–12:2)
“Thoughts and Prayers” (Sunday, August 11, 2019 || Proper 14C || Isaiah 1:1, 10-20)
“Both Miner and the Vein of Gold” (Sunday, April 21, 2019 || Easter Day C || John 20:1-18)
“Goodness” (Sunday, April 14, 2019 || Palm/Passion C || Luke 19:28-40)
“One Gospel” (Sunday, April 7, 2019 || Lent 5C || John 12:1-8)
“Imperfect Vessels” (Sunday, March 31, 2019 || Lent 4C || Luke 15:1-3, 11-32)
“The House of the Lord” (Sunday, March 17, 2019 || Lent 2C || Psalm 27; Luke 13:31-35)
“Twisted Scripture” (Sunday, March 10, 2019 || Lent 1C || Luke 4:1-13)
“Eye on the Sparrow” (Sunday, March 3, 2019 || Last Epiphany C || Exodus 34:29-36)
“Curses and Blessings” (Sunday, February 17, 2019 || Epiphany 6C || Luke 6:17-26)
“Join the Movement” (Sunday, February 10, 2019 || Epiphany 5C || Luke 5:1-11)
“Beyond the Zone” (Sunday, February 3, 2019 || Epiphany 4C || Jeremiah 1:4-10)
“Only the Present” (Sunday, January 27, 2019 || Epiphany 3C || Luke 4:14-21)
“Like a Dove” (Sunday, January 13, 2019 || Epiphany 1C || Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:21-22)
“Arise, Shine” (Sunday, January 6, 2019 || Feast of the Epiphany || Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12)
2018
“A Moment with God” (Sunday, December 23, 2018 || Advent 4C || Luke 1:39-45)
“Here and Now” (Sunday, December 9, 2018 || Advent 2C || Luke 3:1-6)
“Better Questions” (Sunday, November 25, 2018 || Reign of Christ B || John 18:33-37(38))
“The Posture of Belief” (Sunday, November 18, 2018 || Proper 28B || Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25)
“God’s Unsung Miracles” (Sunday, November 11, 2018 || Proper 27B || 1 Kings 17:8-16)
“The Iterative Process of Faith” (Sunday, October 28, 2018 || Proper 25B || Mark 10:46-52)
“True Mutuality” (Sunday, October 21, 2018 || Proper 24B || Mark 10:35-45)
“Go, Sell What Owns You” (Sunday, October 14, 2018 || Proper 23B || Mark 10:17-31)
“I Had a Choice” (Sunday, October 7, 2018 || Proper 22B || Mark 10:2-16)
“Beloved Community” (Sunday, September 30, 2018 || Proper 21B || Mark 9:38-50)
“The ‘Now-Then’ Problem” (Sunday, September 23, 2018 || Proper 20B || Proverbs 31:10-31)
“The True Messiah” (Sunday, September 16, 2018 || Proper 19B ||Mark 8:27-38)
“The Faithfulness of God” (Sunday, September 9, 2018 || Proper 18B || James 2:1-17)
“The Baptismal Life” (Sunday, September 2, 2018 || Proper 17B || Mark 7:1-18, 14-15, 21-23)
“You Will Be Found” (Sunday, August 26, 2018 || Proper 16B || John 6:56-69)
“The Wisdom of Solomon” (Sunday, August 19, 2018 || Proper 15B || 2 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14)
“Be Angry” (Sunday, August 12, 2018 || Proper 14B || Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2)
“Good Guys and Bad Guys” (Sunday, July 15, 2018 || Proper 10B |Mark 6:24-39)
“The Airport Rule” (Sunday, July 8, 2018 || Proper 9B || Mark 6:1-13)
“Psalm 130, Expanded” (Sunday, July 1, 2018 || Proper 8B || Psalm 130)
“A Wide Open Heart” (Sunday, June 24, 2018 || Proper 7B || 2 Corinthians 6:1-13)
“In Christ” (Sunday, June 17, 2018 || Proper 6B || 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17)
“Faith Behind Door #3” (Sunday, May 27, 2018 || Trinity Sunday B || John 3:1-17)
“What the Spirit is Saying” (Sunday, May 20, 2018 || Pentecost B || John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15)
“As I Have Loved You” (Sunday, May 6, 2018 || Easter 6B || John 15:9-17)
“God’s Abiding Presence” (Sunday, April 29, 2018 || Easter 5B || John 15:1-8)
“Heart Expansion” (Sunday, April 22, 2018 || Easter 4B || 1 John 3:16-24)
“Radical Aliveness” (Sunday, April 15 2018 || Easter 3B || Luke 24:36b-48)
“The Intention of Peace” (Sunday, April 8, 2018 || Easter 2B || John 20:19-31)
“Rolling Away the Stone” (Sunday, April 1, 2018 || Easter Sunday B || Mark 16:1-8)
“I Am. I Am Not.” (Friday, March 30, 2018 || Good Friday || John’s Passion)
“The Illusion of Self-Sufficiency” (Thursday, March 29, 2018 || Maundy Thursday || John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
“Magnetic Atonement” (Sunday, March 25 , 2018 || Palm/Passion B || Mark’s Passion)
“My Soul is Troubled” (Sunday, March 18, 2018 || Lent 5B || John 12:20-33)
“The Giver” (Sunday, March 11, 2018 || Lent 4B || John 3:14-21)
“Always the Same, Yet Ever New” (Sunday, March 4, 2018 || Lent 3B || John 2:13-22)
“Turning Points” (Sunday, February 25, 2018 || Lent 2B || Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16)
“A Bird’s Eye View” (Sunday, February 18, 2018 || Lent 1B || Mark 1:9-15)
“Planting a Seed” (Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018)
“Spiritual Topography” (Sunday, February 11, 2018 || Last Epiphany B || Mark 9:2-9)
“The Whole City” (Sunday, February 4, 2018 || Epiphany 5B || Mark 1:29-39)
“Live Deep, Live Wide” (Sunday, January 28, 2018 || Epiphany 4B || Mark 1:21-28)
“Positive Presence” (Sunday, January 21, 2018 || Epiphany 3B || Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Mark 1:14-20)
“You Are My Child (2018)” (Sunday, January 7, 2018 || Epiphany 1B || Mark 1:4-11)
2017
“The Uniqueness of the Incarnation” (Sunday, December 24, 2017 || Christmas Eve || Hebrews 1:1-4; John 1:1-14)
“Dona Nobis Pacem” (Sunday, December 10, 2017 || Advent 2B || Psalm 85)
“Awareness and Thanksgiving” (Sunday, December 3, 2017 || Advent 1B || 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37)
“The Widow’s Note” (Sunday, November 26, 2017 || Reign of Christ A || Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46)
“Gratefuls” (Thursday, November 23, 2017 || Thanksgiving Day)
“The Breastplate of Faith and Love” (Sunday, November 19, 2017 || Proper 28A || 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)
“Bursting Bubbles” (Sunday, November 12, 2017 || Proper 27A)
“The Wrong People” (Sunday, October 22, 2017 || Proper 24A || Matthew 22:15-22)
“Albums and Playlists” (Sunday, October 15, 2017 || Proper 23A || Philippians4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14)
“The Pearl” (Sunday, October 8, 2017 || Proper 22A || Philippians 3:4b-14)
“Opposable Thumbs” (Sunday, October 1, 2017 || Proper 21A || Philippians 2:1-13)
“Common Ground” (Sunday, September 17, 2017 || Proper 19A || Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35)
“The Moment of Encounter, part 2: The Confessions” (Sunday, September 10, 2017 || Proper 18A || Romans 13:8-14)
“The Moment of Encounter, part 1: The Burning Bush” (Sunday, September 3, 2017 || Proper 17A || Exodus 3:1-14)
“The Path of Totality” (Sunday, August 27, 2017 || Proper 16A || Romans 12:1-9)
“Directing Creativity: The Story of Joseph” (Sunday, August 20, 2017 || Proper 15A || Genesis 37-47)
“God is Love, and Love Wins” (Sunday, August 13, 2017 || Proper 14A)
“Take My Yoke Upon You: The Examen (part 2 of 2)” (Sunday, July 16, 2017 || Proper 10A)
“Take My Yoke Upon You (part 1 of 2)” (Sunday, July 9, 2017 || Proper 9A || Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
“How Long, O Lord?” (Sunday, July 2, 2017 || Proper 8A || Psalm 13)
“The Twelve” (Sunday, June 18, 2017 || Proper 6A || Matthew 9:35 – 10:8)
“Diversity Without Division, Unity Without Uniformity” (Sunday, June 11, 2017 || Trinity A)
“Don’t Wait for Death” (Sunday, May 28, 2017 || Easter 7A || John 17:1-11)
“Magnetic Mercy” (Sunday, May 21, 2017 || Easter 6A || Acts 17:22-31)
“Restoration” (Sunday, May 14, 2017 || Easter 5A || Acts 7:55-60)
“Worst Enemies” (Sunday, May 7, 2017 || Easter 4A || John 10:1-10)
“Mark and the Movement” (Sunday, April 30, 2017 || Feast of St. Mark’s (transferred) || Mark 1:1-15)
“So I Send You” (Sunday, April 23, 2017 || Easter 2A || John 20:19-31)
“Two Gardens” (Sunday, April 16, 2017 || Easter, Year A ||John 20:1-18)
“The Day of Preparation” (Friday, April 14, 2017 || Good Friday || Passion according to John)
“The Last Supper” (Thursday, April 13, 2017 || Maundy Thursday || 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
“Who is this Jesus?” (Sunday, April 9, 2017 || Palm/Passion Sunday A || Matthew 22:1-11; Matthew 26:36 – 27:56)
“If You Had Been Here” (for Sunday, April 2, 2017 || Lent 5A || John 11:1-45)
“The Gift of God: With 10 Handy Guidelines for Interpretation” (Sunday, March 19, 2017 || Lent 3A || John 4:5-42)
“The Guest Star” (Sunday, March 12, 2017 || Lent 2A || John 3:1-17; 7:45-52; 19:38-42)
“The God-Fountain” (Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017)
“Transformed: God’s Point of View, part 8 of 8” (Sunday, February 26, 2017 || Last Epiphany A || Matthew 17:1-9)
“Finished: God’s Point of View, part 7 of 8” (Sunday, February 19, 2017 || Epiphany 7A || Matthew 5:38-48)
“Unfinished: God’s Point of View, part 6 of 8” (Sunday, February 12, 2017 || Epiphany 6A || Matthew 5:21-37)
“I Can Be Love” (Sunday, February 5, 2017 || Epiphany 5A || Matthew 5:13-20)
“Blessed: God’s Point of View, part 4 of 8” (Sunday, January 29, 2017 || Epiphany 4A || Matthew 5:1-12)
“Gifted: God’s Point of View, part 3 of 8” (Sunday, January 22, 2017 || Epiphany 3A || Matthew 4:12-23)
“Befriended: God’s Point of View, part 2 of 8” (Sunday, January 15, 2017 || Epiphany 2A || John 1:29-42)
“Beloved: God’s Point of View, part 1 of 8” (Sunday, January 8, 2017 || Epiphany 1A || Matthew 3:13-17)
“A Meditation on the Priestly Prayer” (Sunday, January 1, 2017 || Holy Name || Numbers 6:22-27)
2016
“Our Impatient Savior” (Saturday, December 24, 2016 || Christmas Eve || Luke 2:1-20)
“The Spiritual Desert” (Sunday, December 11, 2016 || Advent 3A || Isaiah 35:1-10)
“Both/And Reality” (Sunday, November 27, 2016 || Advent 1A || Matthew 24:36-44; Romans 13:11-14)
“The Words on Jesus’ Lips” (Sunday, November 20, 2016 || Christ the King C || Luke 23:33-46)
“Better Angels” (Sunday, November 6, 2016 || All Saints C || Luke 6:20-31)
“Responsibility” (Sunday, October 30, 2016 || Proper 26C || Luke 19:1-10)
“Finishing the Race” (Sunday, October 23, 2016 || Proper 25C || 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 189-14)
“Fueling Our Hope” (Sunday, October 16, 2016 || Proper 24C || Luke 18:1-8)
“Naaman Syndrome” (Sunday, October 9, 2016 || Proper 23C || 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c)
“Acts of Faith” (Sunday, October 2, 2016 || Proper 22C || Luke 17:5-10; 2 Timothy 1:1-14)
“Great Chasms” (Sunday, September 25, 2016 || Proper 21C || Luke 16:19-31)
“Can’t Buy Me Love” (Sunday, September 18, 2016 || Proper 20C || Luke 16:1-13)
“Claiming our Mission” (Sunday, September 11, 2016 || Proper 19C || Luke 15:1-10)
“Jesus’ Sales Pitch” (Sunday, September 4, 2016 || Proper 18C || Luke 14:25-33)
“Spiritual Deadheading” (Sunday, August 28, 2016 || Proper 17C || Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16)
“The Freedom of Sabbath” (Sunday, August 21, 2016 || Proper 16C || Luke 13:10-17)
“Peace Beyond Propaganda” (Sunday, August 14, 2016 || Proper 15C || Luke 12:49-56)
“Born Again, parts 3 & 4: Break Open and Pay Attention” – Transcript (Sunday, July 17, 2016 || Proper 11C || Luke 10:25-42)
“Dangerous Unselfishness” – Transcript (Sunday, July 10, 2016 || Proper 10C || Luke 10:25-37)
“Born Again, part 2: New Hands, New Feet, New Eyes” – Transcript (Sunday, July 3, 2016 || Proper 9C || Luke 10:1-11, 16-20)
“Born Again, part 1: New Life” – Transcript (Sunday, June 26, 2016 || Proper 8C || Luke 9:51-62)
“There’s Only Us” – Transcript (Sunday, June 19, 2016 || Proper 7C || Galatians 3:23-29)
“Willful Seeing” (Sunday, June 12, 2016 || Proper 6C || Luke 7:36–8:3)
“How Much Are You Worth?” (Sunday, May 29, 2016 || Proper 4C || Luke 7:1-10)
“God and Not-God: A Short History” (Sunday, May 22, 2016 || Trinity Sunday C || John 12:12-15)
“On the Holy Spirit (With Help from Obi-Wan Kenobi)” (Sunday, May 15, 2016 || Pentecost C || Acts 2:1-21)
“Come, Lord Jesus” (Sunday, May 8, 2016 || Easter 7C || Revelation 22)
“The Inciting Incident” (Sunday, May 1, 2016 || Easter 6C || John 5:1-9)
“Revealing the Present, Changing the Future” (Sunday, April 24, 2016 || Easter 5C || Revelation 21:1-6)
“Three Lines of Salt” (Sunday, April 17, 2016 || Easter 4C || Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17)
“The Recipe for Doubt” (Sunday, April 3, 2016 || Easter 2C || John 20:19-31)
“The Living Among the Dead” (Sunday, March 27, 2016 || Easter Day C || Luke 24:1-12)
“Here is Your Son” (Friday, March 25, 2016 || Good Friday || John 19:25-27)
“Three Parades” (Sunday, March 20, 2016 || Palm/Passion Sunday C || Luke 19:28-40; Luke 23)
“Reaching into Eternity” (Sunday, March 13, 2016 || Lent 5C || John 12:1-11)
“Healing Brokenness” (Sunday, March 6, 2016 || Lent 4C || 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
“The Grace of the Fig Tree” (Sunday, February 28, 2016 || Lent 3C || Luke 13:1-9)
“Citizenship in Heaven” (Sunday, February 21, 2016 || Lent 2C || Philippians 3:17–4:1)
“Tell Me a Story” (Sunday, February 14, 2016 || Lent 1C || Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Luke 4:1-13)
“Transfigured Eyes” (Sunday, February 7, 2016 || Last Epiphany C || Luke 9:28-36)
“A Still More Excellent Way” (Sunday, January 31, 2016 || Epiphany 4C || 1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
“Mothers and Sons” (Sunday, January 17, 2016 || Epiphany 2C || John 2:1-11)
“God’s Dazzling Truth” (Sunday, January 10, 2016 || Epiphany 1C || Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
“Tapestry” (Sunday, January 3, 2016 || Christmas 2 || Luke 2:41-52)
2015
“Made His Home” (Thursday, December 24, 2015 || Christmas Eve || John 1:1-14)
“The Whispered Power of God” (Sunday, December 13, 2015 || Advent 3C || Luke 3:7-18)
“Advent in Haiti” (Sunday, December 6, 2015 || Advent 2C)
“Listen for Truth” (Sunday, November 22, 2015 || Christ the King Year B || John 18:33-37)
“Hold Fast to Hope” (Sunday, November 15, 2015 || Proper 28B || Hebrews 10:11-25)
“The Long Prayer” (Sunday, November 8, 2015 || Proper 27B || Mark 12:38-44)
“God-Tinted Lenses” (Sunday, November 1, 2015 || All Saints’ Day B || John 11:32-44
“Let Me See Again” (Sunday, October 25, 2015 || Proper 25B || Mark 10:46-52)
“Three Little Deaths” (Sunday, October 18, 2015 || Proper 24B || Mark 10:(32-34) 35-45)
“Giving in Five Directions” (Sunday, October 11, 2015 || Proper 23B || Mark 10:17-31)
“Never Alone” (Sunday, October 4, 2015 || Proper 22B || Mark 10:2-16)
“The Line After Recess” (Sunday, September 20, 2015 || Proper 20B || Mark 9:30-37)
“Mistaken Identity” (Sunday, September 13, 2015 || Proper 19B || Mark 8:27-38)
“Be Opened” (Sunday, September 6, 2015 || Proper 18B || Mark 7:24-37)
“Action Verbs” (Sunday, August 30, 2015 || Proper 17B || James 1:17-27)
“The Rock and the River” (Sunday, August 23, 2015 || Proper 16B || John 6:56-69; Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18)
“Wisdom’s Cry” (Sunday, August 16, 2015 || Proper 15B || Proverbs 9:1-6)
“Promise. Invitation. Mission.” (Sunday, August 9, 2015 || Proper 14B || John 6:35, 41-51)
“Right and Right” (Sunday, July 12, 2015 || Proper 10B || Mark 6:14-29)
“Perfect in Weakness” (Sunday, July 5, 2015 || Proper 9B || 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13)
“Name the Stars” (Sunday, June 28, 2015 || Proper 8B || Mark 5:21-43)
“Four Faiths” (Sunday, June 21, 2015 || Proper 7B || Mark 4:35-41)
“Speaking in Parables” (Sunday, June 14, 2015 || Proper 6B || Mark 4:26-34)
“The Blueprint” (Sunday, May 31, 2015 || Trinity Sunday B)
“A Story About the Holy Spirit” (Sunday, May 24, 2015 || Pentecost B || Romans 8:22-27)
“You Know my Heart” (Sunday May 17, 2015 || Easter 7B || Acts 1:15-17, 21-26)
“Precipice” (Sunday, May 10, 2015 || Easter 6B || Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98)
“What is to Prevent Me?” (Sunday, May 3, 2015 || Easter 5B || Acts 8:26-40)
“As You Wish” (Sunday, April 26, 2015 || Easter 4B || 1 John 3:16-24)
“Stigmata” (Sunday, April 19, 2015 || Easter 3B || Luke 24:36b-48)
“Behold How Good” (Sunday, April 12, 2015 || Easter 2B || Psalm 133)
“Whom are You Looking For?” (Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015 || John 20:1-18)
“The Waters of Baptism” (Easter Vigil, April 4, 2015)
“The New Version of Me” (Good Friday, April 3, 2015 || Passion according to John)
“He Loved Them to the End” (Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2015 || John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
“Two Horrible Words” (Sunday, March 29, 2015 || Palm/Passion Sunday B || Mark 14:32–15:47)
“Humble Access” (Sunday, March 22, 2015 || Lent 5B || Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-13)
“Kosmos” (Sunday, March 15, 2015 || Lent 4B || John 3:14-21)
“Incline Our Hearts” (Sunday, March 8, 2015 || Lent 3B || Exodus 20:1-17)
“The Last Week in July” (Sunday, March 1, 2015 || Lent 2B || Mark 8:31-38)
“The Battlefield” (Sunday, February 22, 2015 || Lent 1B)
“The Ash Remains” (Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015 || Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 103)
“The Sixth Word: Revelation (Or Everything Begins Again)” (Sunday, February 15, 2015 || Last Epiphany B || Mark 9:2-9)
“The Fifth Word: Rejuvenation (Or with Wings Like Eagles)” (Sunday, February 8, 2015 || Epiphany 5B || Isaiah 40:20-31; Mark 1:29-39)
“The Fourth Word: Confrontation (Or Facing Down Demons)” (Sunday, February 1, 2015 || Epiphany 4B || Mark 1:21-28)
“The Third Word: Mission (Or the Center of the Cross)” (Sunday, January 25, 2015 || Epiphany 3B || Mark 1:14-20)
“The Second Word: Invitation (Or ‘I Know the Way Out’)” (Sunday, January 18, 2015 || Epiphany 2B || 1 Samuel 3:1-10; John 1:43-51)
“The First Word: Affirmation (Or the Fundamental Goodness of Creation)” (Sunday, January 11, 2015 || Epiphany 1B || Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11)
“Going Home” (Sunday, January 4, 2015 || Christmas 2)
2014
“Christmas Sonnets” (Sunday, December 28, 2-14 || Christmas 1)
“The Arrow” (Sunday, December 14, 2014 || Advent 3B || John 1:6-8, 19-28)
“Good News” (Sunday, December 7, 2014 || Advent 2B || Mark 1:1-8)
“Miserere Mei” (Sunday, November 23, 2014 || Christ the King A || Matthew 25:31-46)
“Playing with Purpose” (Sunday, November 16, 2014 || Proper 28A || Matthew 25:14-30)
“Tend Your Light” (Sunday, November 9, 2014 || Proper 27A || Joshua 24:14-25; Matthew 25:1-13)
“Affirmation and Celebration” (Sunday, November 2, 2014 || All Saints’ Sunday)
“The Last Word for Love” (Sunday, October 26, 2014 || Proper 25A || Matthew 22:34-46)
“Giving to God” (Sunday, October 19, 2014 || Proper 24A || Matthew 22:15-22)
“P.E.A.C.H.” (Sunday, October 12, 2014 || Proper 23A || Matthew 22:1-14)
“The Raw Material of Blessing” (Sunday, October 5, 2014 || Proper 22A)
“The Glow” (Sunday, September 28, 2014 || Proper 21A || Philippians 2:1-13)
“Someone Else Syndrome” (Sunday, September 21, 2014 || Proper 20A || Matthew 20:1-16)
“10,000 Talents” (Sunday, September 14, 2014 || Proper 19A || Matthew 18:21-35)
“The Challenge of Christ’s Presence” (Sunday, September 7, 2014 || Proper 18A || Matthew 18:15-20)
“A Resounding Yes” (Sunday, August 31, 2014 || Proper 17A || Exodus 3:1-15)
“Trailblazer” (Sunday, August 24, 2014 || Proper 16A || Matthew 16:13-20)
“The Faith System” (Sunday, August 17, 2014 || Proper 15A || Matthew 15:21-28)
“God’s Presence: A Letter to My Children” (Sunday, July 20, 2014 || Proper 11A || Genesis 28:10-19a)
“Inside the Golden Box” (Sunday, July 13, 2014 || Proper 10A || Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
“Once Upon a Time” (Sunday, July 6, 2014 || Proper 9A || Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
“Walk on Together” (Sunday, June 29, 2014 || Proper 8A || Genesis 22:1-14)
“The Comfort and the Challenge” (Sunday, June 22, 2014 || Proper 7A || Matthew 10:24-39)
“Secret Names” (Sunday, June 15, 2014 || Trinity Sunday, Year A || Genesis 1:1 – 2:4a)
“Spark. Fuel. Fire.” (Sunday, June 8, 2014 || Pentecost A || Acts 2:1-21)
“Six Word Witness” (Sunday, May 25, 2014 || Easter 6A || Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21)
“Living the Story” (Sunday, May 18, 2014 || Easter 5A || John 14:1-14)
“Psalm 23, Expanded” (Sunday, May 11, 2014 || Easter 4A || Psalm 23)
“Resting All My Weight” (Sunday, April 27, 2014 || Easter 2A || John 20:19-31)
“We Rise with Christ” (Sunday, April 20, 2014 || Easter, Year A || Matthew 28:1-11)
“Too Close” (Good Friday, April 18, 2014 || The Passion According to St. John)
“A New Dream” (Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2014 || John 13)
“A Passion Primer” (Sunday, April 13, 2014 || Palm/Passion Sunday, Year A || The Passion According to St. Matthew)
“The Language of Embrace” (Sunday, April 7, 2014 || Lent 5A || John 11:1-45)
“Echoing I Am” (Sunday, March 30, 2014 || Lent 4A || John 9:1-41)
“Give Me This Water” (Sunday, March 23, 2014 || Lent 3A || John 4:5-42)
“Shattered Certainty” (Sunday, March 16, 2014 || Lent 2A || John 3:1-17)
“Industry Standard Temptation” (Sunday, March 9, 2014 || Lent 1A || Matthew 4:1-11)
“Wonder, Joy, and Fear” (Sunday, March 2, 2014 || Last Epiphany A || Matthew 17:1-9)
“True Purpose” (Sunday, February 23, 2014 || Epiphany 7A || Matthew 5:38-48)
“What Kind of Life?” (Sunday, February 16, 2014 || Epiphany 6A || Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Matthew 5:21-37)
“God’s Glass” (Sunday, February 9, 2014 || Epiphany 5A || Isaiah 58:1-9a, Matthew 5:13-20)
“Cue the Sun” (Sunday, February 2, 2014 || The Presentation || Luke 2:22-40)
“Baptism 101” (Sunday, January 12, 2014 || Epiphany 1A || Matthew 3:13-17)
2013
“The Midnight Letter” (Sunday, December 22, 2013 || Advent 4A || Matthew 1:18-25)
“Turn Around” (Sunday, December 8, 2013 || Advent 2A || Matthew 3:1-12)
“Three Words” (Sunday, November 24, 2013 || Christ the King Year C || Luke 23:33-46)
“God’s Point of View” (Sunday, November 10, 2013 || Proper 27C || Luke 20:27-38)
“Our Response” (Sunday, October 20, 2013 || Proper 24C || Luke 18:1-8 )
“The Gospel’s Only Thanks-Giver (Besides Jesus)” (Sunday, October 13, 2013 || Proper 23C || Luke 17:11-19)
“Confronting Need” (Sunday, September 29, 2013 || Proper 21C || Luke 16:19-31; 1 Timothy 6:6-19)
“Being Found” (Sunday, September 15, 2013 || Proper 19C || Luke 15:1-10 )
“Yesterday, Today, and Forever” (Sunday, September 1, 2013 || Proper 17C || Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16)
“The Peace We Promise” (Sunday, August 18, 2013 || Proper 15C || Luke 12:49-56)
“Aim at Heaven” (Sunday, August 11, 2013 || Proper 14C || Luke 12:32-40)
“Sermon Reconstruction: Abundance and Generosity” (Sunday, August 4, 2013 || Proper 13C || Luke 12:13-21)
“Epic Quest” (Sunday, July 7, 2013 || Proper 9C || 2 Kings 5:1-14)
“The True Self” (Sunday, June 23, 2013 || Proper 7C || Luke 8:26-39)
“Faith-ing” (Sunday, June 2, 2013 || Proper 4C || Luke 7:1-10)
“The Spirit Moves” (Sunday, May 19, 2013 || Pentecost C || John 14:8-17, 25-27)
“The Call and the Gift” (Sunday, May 5, 2013 || Easter 6C || John 5:1-9)
“Do You Love Me?” (Sunday, April 14, 2013 || Easter 3C || John 21:1-19)
“The Living Among the Dead” (Saturday, March 30, 2013 || Easter Vigil, Year B || Luke 24:1-12)
“Racing to Meet Us” (Sunday, March 10, 2013 || Lent 4C || Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
“With My Arms Spread Wide” (Sunday, February 24, 2013 || Lent 2C || Luke 13:31-35)
“Trouble in River City” (Sunday, January 27, 2013 || Epiphany 3C || 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a)
“You are my Beloved” (Sunday, January 13, 2013 || Epiphany 1C || Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
2012
“Magnify the Lord” (Sunday, December 23, 2012 || Advent 4C || Luke 1:39-55)
“A Most Ingenious Paradox” (Sunday, December 2, 2012 || Advent 1C || Jeremiah 33:14-16)
“The Enduring Miracle” (Sunday, November 11 || Proper 27B || 1 Kings 17:8-16)
“On the Road” (Sunday, October 28, 2012 || Proper 25B || Mark 10:46-52)
“The Overstuffed Life” (Sunday, October 14, 2012 || Proper 23B || Mark 10:17-31)
“Letting Go of the Grail” (Sunday, September 30, 2012 || Proper 21B || Mark 9: 38-50 )
“The Spotlight” (Sunday, September 16, 2012 || Proper 19B || Mark 8:27-38)
“First Fruits” (Sunday, September 2, 2012 || Proper 17B || James 1:17-27)
“Fully Alive” (Sunday, August 19, 2012 || Proper 15B || John 6:51-58 )
“Christ be with Me, Christ Within Me” (Sunday, August 12, 2012 || Proper 14B || John 6:35, 41-51)
“Antagonists” (Sunday, July 15, 2012 || Proper 10B || Mark 6:14-29)
“The Seeds of the Kingdom” (Sunday, June 17, 2012 || Proper 6B || Mark 4:26-34)
“Guitar Lessons” (Sunday, June 3, 2012 || Trinity Sunday B || John 3:1-17)
“But Now I See” (Sunday, May 13, 2012 || Easter 6B || Acts 10:44-48 )
“Four Layers of Peace” (Sunday, April 15, 2012 || Easter 2B || John 20:19-31)
“Four Names” (Saturday, April 7, 2012 || Easter Vigil || John 20:1-18 )
“The Unfair Fight” (Sunday, April 1, 2012 || Palm Sunday B || Mark 11:1-11; Philippians 2:5-11)
“Choosing the Light” (Sunday, March 18, 2012 || Lent 4B || John 3:14-21)
“High Noon” (Sunday, March 4, 2012 || Lent 2B || Mark 8:31-38 )
“Three Panels of the Story” (Sunday, February 26, 2012 || Lent 1B || Mark 1:9-16)
“Be Silent and Come out of Him” (Sunday, January 29, 2012 || Epiphany 4B || Mark 1:21-28 )
“A Deep Breath” (Sunday, January 15, 2012 || Epiphany 2B || 1 Samuel 3:1-20 )
“The Heart’s Square Footage” (Sunday, January 1, 2012 || Feast of the Holy Name || Luke 2:15-21; Philippians 2:5-11)
2011
“The Beginning of the Beginning” (Sunday, December 4, 2011 || Advent 2B || Mark 1:1-8 )
“Make Your Face Shine” (Sunday, November 27, 2011 || Advent 1B || Mark 13:24-37; Psalm 80 )
“First Words” (Sunday, October 16, 2011 || Proper 24A || 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 )
“Christ’s Own” (Sunday, October 2, 2011 || Proper 22A || Philippians 3:4b-14)
“In My Name” (September 4, 2011 || Pentecost 18A || Matthew 18:15-20 )
“The Dragon’s Skin” (August 28, 2011 || Pentecost 17A || Exodus 3:1-15)
“The Autonomic Spiritual System” (July 17, 2011 || Pentecost 11A || Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23)
“To an Unknown God” (May 29, 2011 || Easter 6A || Acts 17:22-31)
“The Sheepfold” (May 15, 2011 || Easter 4A || John 10:1-10)
“Breathing on Statues” (May 1, 2011 || Easter 2A || John 20:19-31)
“These Things Last” (April 17, 2011 || Palm Sunday A || Psalm 118; Matthew 21:1-11)
“Attempted Temptation” (March 13, 2011 || Lent 1A || Matthew 4:1-11)
“Never Wear Your Collar on an Airplane” (February 27, 2011 || Epiphany 8A || Matthew 6:24-34)
“462 Years” (January 30, 2011 || Epiphany 4A || Matthew 5:1-12)
“What Are You Looking For?” (January 16, 2011 || Epiphany 2A || John 1:29-42)
2010
“The Expendable Crewman” (December 26, 2010 || Feast of St. Stephen || Acts 6:8–7:2a, 51c-60)
“Names” (December 19, 2010 || Advent 4A || Matthew 1:18-25)
“Shaking off the Dust” (November 21, 2010 || Christ the King C || Colossians 1:11-20)
“Esperanza” (October 17, 2010 || Proper 24C || Luke 18:1-8)
“Vision and Action” (October 3, 2010 || Proper 22C || Luke 17:5-10)
“The Sweepings of the Wheat” (September 19, 2010 ||Proper 20C || Amos 8:4-7)
“Happy Dancing Ewoks” (September 5, 2010 || Proper 18C || Luke 14:25-33)
“Inadequacy” (Sunday, August 22, 2010 || Proper 16C || Jeremiah 1:4-10)
“Facing Fear” (Sunday, August 8, 2010 || Proper 14C || Luke 12:32-40)
“Sermon Reconstruction: Luke’s Lord’s Prayer” (Sunday July 25, 2010 || Proper 12C || Luke 11:1-13)
“Sermon Reconstruction: Pocketing the Sunglasses” (Sunday, July 18, 2010 || Proper 11C || Luke 10:38-42)
“Do You See this Woman?” (Sunday, June 13, 2010 || Proper 6C || Luke 7:36—8:3)
“It’s Love, in Point of Fact” (Sunday, May 30, 2010 || Trinity Sunday C || Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15)
“The Last Prayer in the Bible” (Sunday, May 16, 2010 || Easter 7C || Revelation 22:20)
“Revelation (The Good Parts Version)” (Sunday, May 9, 2010 || Easter 6C || Revelation 21:10, 22—22:5)
“Hear my voice” (Sunday, April 25, 2010 || Easter 4C || John 10:22-30)
“Faithful Thomas” (Sunday, April 11, 2010 || Easter 2C || John 20:19-31)
“Stone Symphonies” (Sunday, March 28, 2010 || Palm Sunday C || Luke 19:28-40)
“Broken” (Sunday, March 14, 2010 || Lent 4C || 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
“The Word Happens” (February 28, 2010 || Lent 2C || Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 )
“Letting down the nets” (February 7, 2010 || Epiphany 5C || Luke 5:1-11)
“The garden and the wasteland” (January 3, 2010 || Christmas 2 || Luke 2:41-52)
2009
“Make believe” (November 15, 2009 || Proper 28B || 1 Samuel 1:4-20; Hebrews 10:11-25)
“From arrogance to obedience” (October 18, 2009 || Proper 24B || Mark 10:35-45)
“The circle and the line” (September 20, 2009 || Proper 20B || Mark 9:30-37)
“Something stronger” (June 28, 2009 || Proper 8B || Mark 5:21-43)
“Everyone’s heart” (May 24, 2009 || Easter 7B || Acts 1:15-17, 21-26)
“The new version of me” (April 10, 2009 || Good Friday || John 19:31-42)
“Aaron’s story” (April 5, 2009 || Palm Sunday B || Mark 11:1-11)
“The Sweet Six Billion” (March 22, 2009 || Lent 4B || John 3:14-21)
“Horizons” (February 22, 2009 || Last Epiphany B || Mark 9:2-9)
“The trapdoor in my gut” (February 8, 2009 || Epiphany 5B || Isaiah 40:21-31)
“Nets and new creations” (January 25, 2009 || Epiphany 3B || Mark 1:14-20)
“Run home, Jack” (January 4, 2009 || Christmas 2)
2008
“The bedtime story” (December 24, 2008 || Christmas Eve || Luke 2:1-20)
“Of sandwiches and second comings” (November 30, 2008 || Advent 1B)
“Rambling in the presence of God” (October 19, 2008 || Proper 24A || Exodus 33:12-23)
“Emptying” (September 28, 2008 || Proper 21A || Philippians 2:1-13)
“To be that follower” (August 31, 2008 ) || Proper 17A || Matthew 16:21-28 )
“A living sacrifice” (August 24, 2008 || Proper 16A || Romans 12:1-8 )
“Sally has six tangerines” (August 3, 2008 || Proper 13A || Matthew 14:13-21)
“Laugh tracking” (June 15, 2008 || Proper 6A || Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7)
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