Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

A sermon by the Rev. Philip DeVaul

A sermon by the Rev. Gary Lubin

"Jesus came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them ..."

"This world is begging to hear your story. This world wants all

of you, the fullness of you, your life begs for it for all of you, the fullness

of you to show up in this life. The people around you we want you for who you

are. We want all of you. [...] Remember who the center of that story is, the center

of your story is not you, thank God. The center of the story is Jesus. [...] In

the midst of his being killed, Jesus is able to look upon the world and say, Father

forgive them."

Readings

"Before those days, when I was called a servant, I felt

owned, but now I don't mind the title because I know who I serve."

Readings

"Allow yourself to be blown over by extravagant love. When you love people for who they actually are you begin to understand the truth of who God actually is."

The Rev. Gary Lubin

"I chalk it up to God's free grace but for which God pays a dear, dear price; and this is all because God intentionally comes to us as the other."

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

"... and in those moments we will find a God who even when we are far

off has compassion on us and loves us, knowing we won't love Him the

same in return."

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

"We are all human. We are one human family. We all are vulnerable and we all seek safety. We do the best we can in the midst of the unexpected accident, the violence, the loss, disasters that are created by man and disasters that are just coming about - that we have no idea about. We use are gifts and our skills to the best of our abilities, and we have to know we still have our limits. We cannot know everything. We cannot anticipate everything. We cannot wrap the one's we love in bubble wrap. There will be difficulties. There will be challenges. We are human..."

Luke 13:1-9

"Jesus is getting down in the manure, in the muck, with us, and for us, and about us. He's showing us, even in this parable, what it looks like to live lives of love. Not to skip the dirty parts, the dark parts, the hard parts, but to roll our sleeves up and get down in it. Not to allow the things that are difficult in our lives to distract us from why we exist, not to allow the great tragedies and injustices we see to dishearten us in such a way that we forget God's presence, not to allow our own failings, and our own mistakes, and our own things that we do wrong, to get in the way of the recognition of why we exist. We exist as a people who spread the love of God in this world."

Exodus 3:1-15

Luke 13:1-9