Sermons
Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.
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Trust — the Love of God, Hope of the World
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8 min read
In the person of Joseph, God trusts in a human to trust in the mission, to raise the Messiah, to be a beacon of hope to the world.
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It was the promise that brought the crowds into the wilderness. It isn’t an obsessive attachment to certainty that unites us with true joy.
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To Be Free We Must Give Up on Violence
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8 min read
The prophetic voices of Isaiah and John the Baptist reveal the limits of our obsession with power against the boundless purifying love of Jesus.
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Giving in Love — Jesus’s Alternative to Fear
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8 min read
As tempests swirl and hatred flows around us, Jesus reminds us that we already know the way to live, the way to be is to love generously.
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Seeing the cross at the end of the liturgical year is an apocalyptic vision. It reveals empire’s commitment to power and God’s to love.
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At first glance, this is a simple question about marriage. But that is overlooking the fact that we shouldn’t trust the questioners.