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This is a sermon offered on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 19, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama.
Principal text: Luke 1:39-55
“Some scholars have noted that the Magnificat is the song the church loves to sing but hates to hear. We can handle the challenging words of Mary when it is the Mary of western art—demure and passive. The words get more dangerous when it is Mary, the spirit-filled prophet with her fist in the air.”
This is a sermon offered on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 19, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama.
Principal text: Luke 1:39-55
“Some scholars have noted that the Magnificat is the song the church loves to sing but hates to hear. We can handle the challenging words of Mary when it is the Mary of western art—demure and passive. The words get more dangerous when it is Mary, the spirit-filled prophet with her fist in the air.”
A sermon offered on the 3rd Sunday of Advent at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama, on December 12, 2021.
Principal text: Luke 3:7-18
"I would be willing to bet you didn’t come to church this morning to be chastised by a wilderness prophet. But Advent is a challenging season. We can’t make it to the manger or to the Kingdom of heaven without hearing the challenging words of John in the wilderness. But there is good news in the challenging words of John."
A sermon offered on the 3rd Sunday of Advent at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama, on December 12, 2021.
Principal text: Luke 3:7-18
"I would be willing to bet you didn’t come to church this morning to be chastised by a wilderness prophet. But Advent is a challenging season. We can’t make it to the manger or to the Kingdom of heaven without hearing the challenging words of John in the wilderness. But there is good news in the challenging words of John."
A sermon offered for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Roanoke, Alabama.
Principal text: Luke 3:1-6
"But in this short introduction of John the Baptist, we learn a lot about the vocation of a prophet. We learn that prophets work in the messiness of real history. The work of the prophet should never be about the prophet, but instead should always point to God."
A sermon offered for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Roanoke, Alabama.
Principal text: Luke 3:1-6
"But in this short introduction of John the Baptist, we learn a lot about the vocation of a prophet. We learn that prophets work in the messiness of real history. The work of the prophet should never be about the prophet, but instead should always point to God."
A sermon offered for the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2021, at St. Paul's in Greensboro, AL.Principal text: Ps. 25:1-9"It is our trust in God that allows us to wait expectantly and actively. It is our trust in God, in God’s love and compassion, that can guide us in sorting out who or what to trust in this world. When we learn the ways of God, we can sort through the spin of this world by looking for those marks of God’s love and compassion."
A sermon offered for the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2021, at St. Paul's in Greensboro, AL.Principal text: Ps. 25:1-9"It is our trust in God that allows us to wait expectantly and actively. It is our trust in God, in God’s love and compassion, that can guide us in sorting out who or what to trust in this world. When we learn the ways of God, we can sort through the spin of this world by looking for those marks of God’s love and compassion."
A sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 21, 2021, offered at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, AL.
Principal Text: John 18:33-37
"The truth of Jesus, standing in front of Pilate, is that GOD wields the power of life. And that the life of God’s kingdom is so abundant, that death itself will be defeated. And those that belong to life, to the abundant life of God’s kingdom, they hear the voice of the incarnate Word, and they listen, and they follow that voice. Each one speaking truth to power."
A sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 21, 2021, offered at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, AL.
Principal Text: John 18:33-37
"The truth of Jesus, standing in front of Pilate, is that GOD wields the power of life. And that the life of God’s kingdom is so abundant, that death itself will be defeated. And those that belong to life, to the abundant life of God’s kingdom, they hear the voice of the incarnate Word, and they listen, and they follow that voice. Each one speaking truth to power."
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A podcast of conversations, sermons, and reflections from a GenX Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Alabama.