Tag: Sermon on the Mount

  • Priorities

    a Homily for Thanksgiving Text: Matthew 6:25-33  An Unthankul Story Tonight we’ve gathered to give thanks. More specifically, to give thanks to GOD for all of our blessings and all that we have to be thankful for. To give thanks to a GOD for so much wonderful stuff. But we know not everyone feels that…

  • From Division, Unity (full sermon)

    a Sermon for Proper 29A     Text: Matthew 25:31-46 Now what was that about the goats? I saw a comment online a week or so ago about these gospel readings we’ve had that said something to this effect: What horrible readings for stewardship season! This morning’s gospel, like the last few weeks have been a pretty…

  • No Retaliation

    My sermon for Proper 7A (yesterday) is up here.  It deals with our culture of retaliation and Jesus’s encouragement to see another alternative; an alternative that we have trouble seeing because we are so committed to violence and retaliation. I thought it was a little spicy.  What do you think?

  • Destroying Dogma

    My sermon for Epiphany 5A is up here.  The topic is Jesus’s preaching on freedom, law, and Kingdom-life.  It followed the previous week’s discussion of the Beatitudes, called “Blessed“. This week continues the Sermon on the Mount and will be posted next week.  Look for a teaser soon.