Sermons
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Concrete Acts of Love
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Maundy Thursday – March 29, 2018 on John 13:1-17, 31b-35. On a warm, late-March Texas day, I sat in my normal pew; I had taken… Continue reading
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Dying into a Life of Faith
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Lent 5B on March 18, 2018 on John 12:20-33. It was a bright, clear early spring morning in Nashville, and a happy five-year-old donned in… Continue reading
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God is Present
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on the First Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2018 on Mark 1:9-15. Once, while hiking deep in the heart of Texas, the shrubby, short mesquite trees… Continue reading
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The Grace of God
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018 on 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 and Matthew 6:1-6,16-20. It is often noted that there is a brilliant paradox of reading Jesus’… Continue reading
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Listen to Christ
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on the Last Sunday After the Epiphany, February 11, 2018 on Mark 9:2-9. A significant part of my discernment and life was the three months I… Continue reading
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Being Found by God
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on John 1: 43-51 on the Second Sunday after Epiphany, January 14, 2018. In 2010, Marina Abramovic, an experiential artist who creates exhibits that challenge and… Continue reading
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God’s Grace at Work
Sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Sunday, September 24, 2017 on Matthew 20: 1-16, it can be heard here. Perhaps I have spent too much time in seminary, but when I first… Continue reading
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The Gifts We Have Been Given
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Proper 16 – Year A: Romans 12:1-8; this sermon can be heard here. In your Christian experience, you may or may… Continue reading
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Invitation to the Impossible
Sermon delivered August 13, 2017 to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Matthew 14: 22-33; this sermon can be heard here. Setting out for the long drive between West Texas and Tennessee during my… Continue reading
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The Foolishness of Courage
A sermon delivered to the people of St. John’s Norwood Episcopal Parish in Chevy Chase, MD on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 on January 29, 2017. There is an unfolding trend among wealthy technology executives and the super rich: doomsday shelters. These… Continue reading
