Something that many people experience when dealing with “the law,” is that it’s not always applied with fairness and it’s not always applied with justice. Sometimes, it’s who you are that determines just how it’s applied. And sometimes it’s less about what’s “fair or just,” and more about who “wins.” I experienced this myself...
Year B Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-9 1Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… After the flood God declared… I have set my bow in the clouds… and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth… and this is where we get...
Year B Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… As we grow up… some things catch our attention… some things make more of an impression on us than other things do… form us in some way… when I was almost a...
Year B 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… Today is the Feast of St. Valentine… yes… Valentine’s Day and Transfiguration Sunday too… and as I sat at my desk a few days ago… writing this sermon… I wondered about...
Year B Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… Essential workers… who are they… there’s a little bit of blurriness in my timeline… but early in the pandemic… perhaps in March or April… it seemed they were all of the...