Sermons
Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.
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Rejecting the Trap
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6 min read
The dishonesty behind asking compromises any answer Jesus may have to the question a Homily for Proper 24A | Text: Matthew 22:15-22 The Trap This is not a story about taxes. This is a story about a trap that backfires. A trap set to deal with authority. And every time we go near the question of…
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Learning to Feast
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7 min read
The Wedding Banquet, the king’s demands, and a kingdom of opportunity a Homily for Proper 23 A | Text: Matthew 22:1-14 A Strange Wedding There’s a part of this story that Jesus tells the Pharisees that makes sense to us and a part that doesn’t at all. This is the story of a weird kind of…
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Closer to the Kingdom
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7 min read
How the negative helps us find the positive in the Parable of the Wicked Tenants a Homily for Proper 22 A | Text: Matthew 21:33-46 It is a great honor to be here to join you this morning. I am so thankful for the grace and generosity that has been shown to me already. I…
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We Labor Together
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7 min read
Fairness in the Kingdom is not about your wealth, but our health a Homily for Proper 20 A | Text: Matthew 20:1-16 GOD’s way doesn’t seem fair It seems fitting that we would spend my last few weeks here dealing with what holy community looks like to Jesus. It is almost as if He’s trying to tell us something. I…
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Forgiving GOD
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9 min read
how our understanding of forgiveness is too small a Homily for Proper 19A | Text: Matthew 18:21-35 The volume of forgiveness When Peter asks about forgiveness, about the volume of forgiveness, it triggers a cascade of central teachings to our faith. Teachings that are the foundation of everything. On the surface, it is a simple enough…