Sometimes I think the most amazing thing about Jesus is the patience he has with his disciples. Today’s Gospel reading is a good example. Jesus is trying to tell the disciples something important. He knows that his time on earth...
It seems to start out as just a casual, idle conversation. Jesus and his disciples are walking to the village of Caesarea Philippi, in the northernmost part of Israel. His actions have been gaining notice lately – the healing of a...
Proper 18B Sermon St. Dunstan’s September 5, 2021 A few days ago my wife and I were headed to the University of the South, Sewanee, when I saw a big sign beside the interstate that read: Biden, there is a damn crisis at the...
“Be kind to one another.” It’s such a simple instruction Paul gives to the Christian community in Ephesus. Be kind to each other. They are words that we might be tempted to skip over. We’ve all heard them...
“We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.” These words were written by the apostle Paul to the church in...
Do you believe in miracles? It’s a fair question to ask people of faith. Our scripture is full of miracles, defined as “an extraordinary and astonishing happening that is attributed to the presence and action of an...
“Jesus saw a great crowd and he had compassion for them.” Compassion. It’s at the core of who Jesus is. Time and time again in the gospels we hear of Jesus’ compassion — for the crowds who have...
You know it is going to be an interesting week of sermon preparation when you open a commentary on the Gospel lesson and read this, “The story of the beheading of John the Baptist is hardly a text one would spontaneously choose for a sermon.” No...
