Notoriously Episcopalian

A sermon for the 1st Sunday of Advent offered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greensboro, Alabama. “All of us have been living in the end times for most of our lives, and 2020 may really feel like it. Our churches closed. Pandemic. Sickness. Death. Fear. Division. But we are not called to read the signs…our instructions are clear—Keep awake. And do the work.”

Readings: Isaiah 64:1-9 * 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 * Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 * Mark 13:24-37

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A sermon for the 1st Sunday of Advent offered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greensboro, Alabama. “All of us have been living in the end times for most of our lives, and 2020 may really feel like it. Our churches closed. Pandemic. Sickness. Death. Fear. Division. But we are not called to read the signs…our instructions are clear—Keep awake. And do the work.”

Readings: Isaiah 64:1-9 * 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 * Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 * Mark 13:24-37

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After a few weeks off following the election and my ordination to the priesthood, I’m back with a sermon offered at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa on the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 22, 2020.

The observance of this Sunday as “Christ the King” Sunday is a relatively new addition to the liturgical calendar. It serves as the New Year’s Eve of the church year. November 22 is also the feast day of C.S. Lewis. I think Lewis’ sanctified imagination helps us to hear the good news of this passage from Matthew Chapter 25 that we often call “The Judgment of the Nations” or the “Parable of the Sheep and Goats.”

Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 * Psalm 100 * Ephesians 1:15-23 * Matthew 25:31-46

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After a few weeks off following the election and my ordination to the priesthood, I’m back with a sermon offered at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa on the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 22, 2020.

The observance of this Sunday as “Christ the King” Sunday is a relatively new addition to the liturgical calendar. It serves as the New Year’s Eve of the church year. November 22 is also the feast day of C.S. Lewis. I think Lewis’ sanctified imagination helps us to hear the good news of this passage from Matthew Chapter 25 that we often call “The Judgment of the Nations” or the “Parable of the Sheep and Goats.”

Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 * Psalm 100 * Ephesians 1:15-23 * Matthew 25:31-46

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A sermon offered for Evensong on Election Night, November 3, 2020, at St. Andrew's Birmingham.

"No election, no President or Senate or Court can heal the wounds of our country. No “one” person or program or agenda can do that. It takes all of us, the many, to commit ourselves to love, so that we can be one."

Principal Text: John 17:18-23

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A sermon offered for Evensong on Election Night, November 3, 2020, at St. Andrew's Birmingham.

"No election, no President or Senate or Court can heal the wounds of our country. No “one” person or program or agenda can do that. It takes all of us, the many, to commit ourselves to love, so that we can be one."

Principal Text: John 17:18-23

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A sermon offered on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 25, 2020.

The danger of this moment is that our hope is too small. Our call as Christians is to hope big. This doesn’t mean ignoring what’s happening. It doesn’t mean that we are just upbeat and optimistic. But it does mean that we need to be prophets of hope. To proclaim the hope of God in Jesus Christ. To remind ourselves that our hope is the hope that stretches from the cross to the empty tomb and that was poured out by the Holy Spirit on all flesh.

Readings: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 * Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 * 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 * Matthew 22:34-46

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A sermon offered on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 25, 2020.

The danger of this moment is that our hope is too small. Our call as Christians is to hope big. This doesn’t mean ignoring what’s happening. It doesn’t mean that we are just upbeat and optimistic. But it does mean that we need to be prophets of hope. To proclaim the hope of God in Jesus Christ. To remind ourselves that our hope is the hope that stretches from the cross to the empty tomb and that was poured out by the Holy Spirit on all flesh.

Readings: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 * Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 * 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 * Matthew 22:34-46

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A sermon offered on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2020.

What we do in a time of waiting matters. If we spend our time focused on trying to have control, we end up hurting ourselves and our relationships. But if we find a way to wait and that is built on trust in God, we can emerge into the church and the world that comes after healthier and stronger.

Readings: Exodus 32:1-14 * Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 * Philippians 4:1-9 * Matthew 22:1-14

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A sermon offered on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2020.

What we do in a time of waiting matters. If we spend our time focused on trying to have control, we end up hurting ourselves and our relationships. But if we find a way to wait and that is built on trust in God, we can emerge into the church and the world that comes after healthier and stronger.

Readings: Exodus 32:1-14 * Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 * Philippians 4:1-9 * Matthew 22:1-14

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