Rotten Apple Seeds

Here is today’s sermon, November 8, 2026, Proper 27, Year A. II is based on Matthew 25: 1-13, the parable of the Ten Bridesmaids. In it I observe that it is we who remover ourselves from the Invitation to the Kingdom. God always extends the invitation and welcomes us to the Heavenly Banquet.

Here is today’s sermon, November 1, 2026, All Saints, Year A. It is based on the way that we approach saints. Instead of treating saints as statues on a pedestal, we appropriate the virtues they have demonstrated in their lives. Our challenge is to find a way of living their virtues in our existential situations.

Here is today’s sermon, October 25, 2026, Proper 25, year A. It is based on Matthew 22:34-46, “Love God and Love your Neighbor”. In it I make the point that love is not an act of will, since it leads to transactional love. Instead, love is a “just and loving gaze, making someone real”, a “willingness to dwell with he strangeness of another”.

Here is today’s sermon, October 18, 2026, Proper 24, Year A. It is based on Exodus 33: 12-23, Moses beholding the back side of the Glory of Almighty God. In it I make the point that God is comprehended in beauty, not power. Beauty is evocative, we “unself” in order to apprehend beauty on its own terms rather than on our own framework. Seeing in this way is Murdoch’s definition of love.

Here is today’s sermon, October 11, 2026, Proper 23, Year A. It is based on Matthew 14: 1-22, the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. In it I make the point that the true character representing Jesus is the one who is cast out for opposing the wedding banquet. In a world in which we have power backed by violence and the threat of death, we need to offer ourselves as those who will suffer for the sake of others.

Here is today’s sermon, October 4, 2026, Proper 22, Year A. It is based on Matthew 21:33-46, the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard. In it I make the point that the foundation of Jesus’ teaching on non-violence, forgiveness, and loving enemies if Resurrection.

Here is today’s sermon, September 27, 2026, proper 22, Year A. It is based on Matthew 21:23-33. The authority of Jesus. In it I discuss the origin of legitimation in societies and the Church. I describe the specific practices which build community.

Here is today’s sermon, September 20, 2026, Proper 20, Year A. It is based on Matthew 20: 1-16, the Workers in the Vineyard. In it I make the observation that the human economy is one of scarcity of resources and finding the fair and equitable distribution. The Divine economy is one of abundance.

Here is today’s sermon, September 13, 2026, Proper 9, Year A. It is based on Matthew 18:21-35, “Forgive seven times seventy times”. In it I discuss the fact that when we are wronged, by others, by God, by ourselves, we create expectations of what needs to happen in order to reconcile. These expectations are debts and forgiveness is releasing debts.

Here is today’s sermon, September 6, 2026, Proper 18, Year A. It is based on Matthew 18:15-20, Conflict in the Church. In it I describe the situation that the Early Church faced: the inclusion of the Gentiles. We still struggle with Inclusion in the Church, the Nation, and the World.