Sermons with Reverend Killjoy

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

Luke 5:1-11

Jesus' disciples left everything and followed him. They trusted in Jesus rather than in what they had known or relied on before.

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Paul's famous lesson about love is a model for the life of the church together. 

Third Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

A sermon focused on "today" based on Jesus' proclamation that "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing" takes a different direction when the day is dramatically changed by tragic news. 

Second Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

John 2:1-11

In the rituals we share as Christians, God uses ordinary things to do the extraordinary.

Baptism of Our Lord, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

Isaiah 43:1-7

We have a wide variety of ways to think about baptism. In the end baptism is what we need it to be. 

Third Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

Luke 3:7-18

We don't talk about money in church nearly as much as people talk about it in the Bible, so today let's do that, like John the Baptist does in our Gospel lesson. 

Second Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

Luke 1:68-79

Zechariah's song at the birth of his son John casts a vision for how we can join in the journey of God's work in our world. 

First Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

Luke 21:25-36
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

How do we wait for the Day of the Lord? We raise up our heads and tell the truth, in love and gratefulness. 

Reign of Christ Sunday, RCL Lectionary Year B

John 18:33-37
Revelation 1:4b-8
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

The eternal cosmic Christ, angels and thrones and fire and the battle between good and evil is all part of the story the church tells this time of year. We can also remember that all these grand narratives come down to the actual lives of actual people whom God loves. 

Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 33, Revised Common Lectionary Year B

With our final Mark reading of the lectionary year, we find the disciples still failing to follow Jesus faithfully, and Jesus still making promises that God will reward our faith even as the sky seems to be falling around us.