Baptism of Our Lord Year B, Mark 1:7-11 Imagine the scene from today’s Gospel reading. Way out in the middle of no where. Way out in the wilderness, there is a man, a crazy passionate man, dressed in rough clothing made out of animal hair and leather. A wild rough looking man who has been…
Name of Jesus, Luke 2:15-21, Galatians 4:4-7 And just like that, it was over. Yes, Christmas lasts 12 days in the church. We have Christmas all the way through January 6th when we commemorate the visit of the Magi to the Christ child. However, the reality of our celebration of Christmas in this day and…
Sermon for Advent Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Philippians 1:15-18a Lately I’ve heard a lot of people say things like: Keep the Christ in Christmas! Or: Keep the Mass in Christmas—go to Mass and worship on Christmas eve and Christmas day! Or: Keep the X [the Greek letter] in X-mas because the early Christians spoke Greek!…
Pentecost 22A, Sunday before Christ the King Each year on the Sunday before Christ the King I preach on the church year. As a child, I never realized the ever returning story that the church year tells us. Perhaps it is because Presbyterians (which I was as a child) do not put emphasis on such…
Pentecost 10A August 21 2011 Matthew 16:13-20 Who do you say I am? Simple enough question, right? But sometimes not so simple either. The simple answer is: you are what’s-his-name. But if someone asks you this questions, that isn’t really what they are asking. Who do you say I am can easily be: who am…
Shepherdess Writes 