Category Archives: Sermons and audio

Jesus our Mother Hen; Lent 2C 2013

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

It’s taken years for me to finally understand the deep significance of Jesus, the Lamb of God, describing himself as a Mother Hen gathering her chicks under her wings in Jerusalem. It was reading a missionary’s experience while teaching in … Continue reading →

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WordPress audio hosting test

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Please ignore this post. I’m testing the ability of WordPress to host my sermon audio files directly. (I’ve been using another service, but I’m not seeing an advantage to using it anymore.) Epiphany 2C 2013.m4a Looks like it’s working about … Continue reading →

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Final Sermon at Trinity Cathedral

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

There is reason to believe that the United States is about to enter into a period of increasing sectarian violence. In some places the shooting has already started. How are we as Christians, as Episcopalians, as members of Trinity Cathedral … Continue reading →

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Proper 15B 2012 – The manna returns

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

When Jesus speaks, in John's Gospel, about being the bread of life, he is explicitly identifying himself as the Messiah to his listeners. He is telling them that he is going to bring the return of the miraculous manna to … Continue reading →

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We may not know what to say, but we know what we must do.

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Watch the Helpers In a tragic moment like this, people often turn to the Church to help them make sense of what has happened. But, truth be told, we don’t have an answer for them. We don’t know what to … Continue reading →

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Why did Jesus have to die?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

“That historical reality affords us some latitude to consider the major ways that Christians have understood the atonement over the years, and to ponder some minority opinions as well. In each, the crucifixion is the solution. Where they differ is the problem. In other words, what is the problem that the crucifixion solves? Continue reading →

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Mandala (A Musical Palindrome)

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

If Wikipedia wasn’t blacked out today, I’d suggest you first go and read up on the idea of the “Music of the Spheres”. It’s an idea that had it genesis in the writings of Pythagoras, who discovered the mathematical relationships … Continue reading →

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Christ the King: The Livery of Seisin

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

What is it that you and God have entered into a relationship together to nurture and protect. What have you given over to God to die for on your behalf? What are you thankful for this year, and in this … Continue reading →

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Girard quote of the day

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

(I’m working on this weekend’s sermon, for a liturgy that features a wonderful, long married couple’s renewal of marriage vows, and the Lectionary has handed me Luke 12:49-56 as the Gospel.) Interesting quote from Girard apropos of that theme: The … Continue reading →

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Lent 3C 2010: Diana Butler Bass, guest preacher

Posted on March 9, 2010 by

God is saying something to us in the earthquakes and in the natural disasters. But what? And even if we decode the message, how are we to respond? Diana Butler Bass was our guest preacher at Trinity Cathedral this past … Continue reading →

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