Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

"And so it is for us. We are people who have been set apart

to participate with God in his work of love and reconciliation in this world.

We are people who God pointed to and said, "I am going to redeem the world and I

want you to help. I am healing the world and I want you to heal with me. I am

forgiving, and showing mercy and love, and that's what justice looks like, and I

want you to participate in that."

Matthew 14:22-33

"This is the story of the cross, of the crucified Christ:

that even in adversity... even with fallen humanity... the folks that put him to

death, the brothers that threw their brother into a pit, sold him off into

slavery and hatred... the people in our country who hate those that are other

than them and wish them harm... that in the midst of this adversity, in the midst

of suffering and struggle, come the possibilities of life and joy."

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Matthew 14:22-33

"Can we look at the world as God sees it and imagine it?

Imagine injustice transfigured into justice. Imagine hatred transfigured into

love. Imagine our greatest enemies transfigured into friends. Can we join Jesus

in imagining this kingdom, the kingdom of God"

Luke 9:28-36

"But the beauty of this story and the good news of this

gospel is that when we allow ourselves to love and be loved

fully, and to love others fully ... to allow them to tell

their story and live their lives, and listen to them for

who they are... we will not be

turned off, we will not be pushed away. When we

really get to see someone for who they are in love,

we see them as beautiful sons and daughters of God."

Luke 9:28-36

"God is love. God is love and you may be start struck by

that love and you may not know how to deal with that love and you may not know

how to deal with yourself but God knows what it means to be love and God knows

what it means to be in relationship and love with you."

Matthew 13:31-33,44-52

"In this story, good and evil are not always obvious in terms of how they take root in the lives of people. And so Jesus says wait, reserve judgment. In fact, don't even judge the other people. Leave that to the angels, they'll have work to do later. In the mean time grow amongst one another, grow with each other, grow towards each other, in love."

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

We are called to love God, and our neighbor as ourselves. We are called to spread the good news. We are called to use the gifts we have been given, whatever they might be, in service to God and those in need. We are not called to judge. We are not called to judge. We are not called to be the ones who sort the week from the grain. That falls to a much higher court."

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

"So often we are left with the question, or presented with

the question, 'What kind of soil are you?' I've decided it's a dumb question.

I'm done with it. Or, maybe it's a good question for a little while but its

only gonna get me so far. Because here's what I've figured out about soil... soil

doesn't have a lot of say about what kind of soil it is, right?"

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

"So often in our lives, and often in our children's lives we

are in such a world of competition as if there were limited love, as if there

were limited opportunity and space and we need to run to get it first, to hold

onto it. There are no winners or losers in God's economy. God keeps sowing the

seed."

Genesis 25:19-34

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

"We have high hopes for the next generation and yet each

generation has its burdens, its challenges, its growing edges. We look for

greater wisdom, greater justice, greater altruism or enlightenment, greater

faith... and we find some of these things among the human struggles that we seem

to continue to have and that can overwhelm our access to wisdom."

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30