Category: Sermons

Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.

  • Inside the Cacophony

    a Homily for the Last Sunday after Epiphany, B Text:Mark 9:2-9 I walked into my poetry class completely unprepared for what was about to happen. This was years ago, back when I dreamed of becoming a writer, a playwright or poet, actually. Or at the very least the teacher of writers. It was our second…

  • Outside the walls of the city

    a homily for Epiphany 6B                       Text: Mark 1:40-45 Nudy Trees My daughter and I have this little game. We point out the nudy trees to one another. She shouts: “That tree’s nudy!” Then she squeals and says “there’s another one!” I do it too.  Then I point…