Here is today’s sermon, January 12, 2025, The Baptism of Jesus, Year C. It is based on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Observing that John’s Baptism was a Baptism of Repentance, I reflect on whether Jesus, the Son of God, needed to be forgiven.

Here is today’s sermon, January 5, 2025, The Epiphany, Year C. It is based on Matthew 2: 1-12, the Visit of the Magi. In it I describe how we are, like the magi, on a spiritual journey, coming to know the Lord, and then returning to our lives changed and enlightened.

Here is today’s sermon, December 24, 2024, Christmas Eve, Year C. It is based on Luke 2: 1-14, the Birth of Jesus. In it I explain that this is a night which calls for hope, as we are beginning a journey of discipleship.

Here is today’s sermon, December 22, 2024, IV Advent, Year C. It is based on Luke 1: 39-55, The Visitation. In it I show how this is the fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptural stories as well as the forerunner of the Gospel stories.

Here is today’s sermon, December 15, 2024, III Advent, Gaudete Sunday, Year C. It is based on Luke 3: 7- 18, the Preaching of the Baptizer. In it I explain that John was less of a “fire and brimstone” preacher and rather was instructing his followers how to live faithfully under Empire. I suggest how we may live faithfully as disciples in an inhospitable society.

A listener has communicated that I have been posting the same sermon over and over. I regret the error. I am now keeping a closer eye on the file that I am posting and this is the correct sermon for this week. It is based on Luke 3: 1-6, the Proclamation of John the Baptizer. I describe how we are setting the cast of characters for our story and that it is the story which unites us and redeems us.

Here is today’s sermon, December 1, 2024, 1 Advent, Year C. It is based on Luke 21:25-36, the Little Apocalypse. In it I describe that the violence outside of us is based on our own internal conflicts. We need to cultivate peace and silence in this busy Advent season.

Here is today’ sermon, November 24, 2024, Christ the King, Year B. It is based on the Kingship of Christ and the end of the Church liturgical year. In it I make the point that a Kin g, like Christ, embodies the people, and defines the era. Christ took on our personhood in the incarnation and was the Lord of the Sabbath.

Here is today’s sermon, November 17, 2024, Proper 28, Year B. It is based on Mark 13: 1-8, the Little Apocalypse of Mark. In it I discuss how the institutions and structures we live with are losing their legitimation. This is an opportunity for the Church, in that we are able to refine and redefine our message of resurrection hope.

Here is today’s sermon, November 10, 2024, Proper 27, Year B. It is based on Mark 12: 38- 44, the Widow’s Mite. In it I make the connection to the story of Elijah and the Widow of Zarapheth, 1 Kings 17. I also show how this offering prefigures Jesus’ Passion, Death, and Resurrection.