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A sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 1, 2021, offered at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Roanoke, Alabama.
Principal Text: Ephesians 4:1-16
"So, we know that in our brokenness we are held together by the grace of God. Through loving truth, gentleness, and patience, we pick each other up and join together the body of Christ. Each new seam marking the precious love needed to bear with one another in love."
A sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 1, 2021, offered at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Roanoke, Alabama.
Principal Text: Ephesians 4:1-16
"So, we know that in our brokenness we are held together by the grace of God. Through loving truth, gentleness, and patience, we pick each other up and join together the body of Christ. Each new seam marking the precious love needed to bear with one another in love."
A sermon offered on the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 11, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, AL.
“What this beautiful passage from Ephesians challenges us to do is to imagine the fullness of God’s family, and then add 1one. To imagine the limits of God’s saving work in creation, and then add one."
Principal text: Ephesians 1:3-14
A sermon offered on the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 11, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, AL.
“What this beautiful passage from Ephesians challenges us to do is to imagine the fullness of God’s family, and then add 1one. To imagine the limits of God’s saving work in creation, and then add one."
Principal text: Ephesians 1:3-14
A sermon offered on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 04, 2021, at St. Barnabas in Roanoke, AL.
“All of David’s story has pointed us to God’s working in the world. On the one hand we see in this unification the success of David’s political dealings. But the real story is that the God that made the boy shepherd great, now makes him a shepherd king.”
Principal text: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10
A sermon offered on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 04, 2021, at St. Barnabas in Roanoke, AL.
“All of David’s story has pointed us to God’s working in the world. On the one hand we see in this unification the success of David’s political dealings. But the real story is that the God that made the boy shepherd great, now makes him a shepherd king.”
Principal text: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10
A sermon offered on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, June 27, 2021, at St. Peter’s in Talladega, AL.
“And even here, in the depths of our grief, when we cannot even call God by name, God is present and saves us. And it is in these moments of darkness, if we don’t rush through that we can learn things and can feel God’s presence and salvation in a different way.”
Principal text: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
A sermon offered on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, June 27, 2021, at St. Peter’s in Talladega, AL.
“And even here, in the depths of our grief, when we cannot even call God by name, God is present and saves us. And it is in these moments of darkness, if we don’t rush through that we can learn things and can feel God’s presence and salvation in a different way.”
Principal text: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
A sermon offered on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, June 20, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, AL.
“But the story of David and Goliath reveals that real power is not in size, or equipment, or nimbleness or new technology, the power is in trusting in God. To have faith in the living God that rebuked the storm and calmed the sea. To have faith in the living God that transformed the skills of a shepherd boy into the defeat of a giant.”
Principal text: 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49
A sermon offered on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, June 20, 2021, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, AL.
“But the story of David and Goliath reveals that real power is not in size, or equipment, or nimbleness or new technology, the power is in trusting in God. To have faith in the living God that rebuked the storm and calmed the sea. To have faith in the living God that transformed the skills of a shepherd boy into the defeat of a giant.”
Principal text: 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49
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A podcast of conversations, sermons, and reflections from a GenX Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Alabama.