Sermons

Speak Lord, We’re Waiting.

Year B 1 Samuel 3:1-20 Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… In today’s passage from 1 Samuel…  the boy Samuel mistakes God’s voice…  for Eli’s voice…  mistakes the One divine voice…  for one human voice…  God calls Samuel three times…  and...

Truth Telling

Year B Genesis 1:1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… In the beginning…  the earth was a formless void…   and darkness covered the face of the deep…  then God said…  Let there be light…  and there was light…  but wait a minute… ...

Imperfect Holy Families

Year B Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm 84:1-8 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a Luke 2:41-52 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… According to the Oxford English Dictionary… a nuclear family is the family group made up of a father… mother… and their children… and has been regarded as a basic social unit… and an...

In and Out of Time

Mr. Alex Quick Year B Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Psalm 147:13-21 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 “My heart tells of your word: ‘Seek my face,’ and your face, Lord, will I seek.” Amen. In the beginning: The Word. / The Word with God. / God, the Word.  John’s Gospel starts with a drastically different mood than...

We Are Fully Human and Fully Divine

Year B Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 May the words of my mouth…  O God…  speak your Truth… The sanctuary’s been decorated for a festival tonight…  for a celebration…  for something that doesn’t happen every day…  the sanctuary’s been specially prepared tonight…  the way we prepare our homes when we’re expecting...