Rotten Apple Seeds

Here is today’s sermon, July 7, 2024, Proper 9, Year B. It is based on Mark 6: 1-13, Jesus’ rejection at Nazareth and the Sending of the Twelve. In it I explain how love and vulnerability overcome the dark spirits of division and rage in our society.

Here is today’s sermon, July 21, 2024, Proper 11, Year B. It is based on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, “Come aside to a secluded place and rest awhile”. In it, I describe how we are so consumed with activity that to rest is a type of death. Therefore, through resurrection, we find new life after a period of rest.

Here is today’s sermon, June 30, 2024, Proper 8, Year B. It is based on Mark 5: 21- 43, the Woman with the Hemorrhage and Jairus’ Daughter. In it I discuss how this applies the definition of love by Rainer Maria Rilke.

Here is today’s sermon, June 22, 2024, Proper 7, Year B. It is based on Mark 4: 35-41, the Stilljng of the Storm.

Here is today’s sermon, June 9, 2024, Proper 5, Year B. It is based on Mark 3: 20-35. In it I explain how Jesus challenged contemporary visions of family life.

Here is today’s sermon, June 2, 2024, Proper 2, Year B. It is based on Mark 2: 22-36, the Man with the Withered Hand. In it I explain the scripture references as well as explain their contemporary application.

Here is today’s sermon, May 24, 2024, Trinity Sunday, Year B. It is an attempt to describe the experience that we may have of the Divine Mystery in our lives. What we call Trinity is a map of our minds attempting to grasp this mystery.

Here is today’s sermon, May 19, 2024, Pentecost, Year B. It is based on the church as God’s new language.

Here is today’s sermon, May 12, 2024, VII Easter, Year B. It is based on John 15, “Sanctify them in the truth”. In it I explain how holiness is unifying and formed in love.

Here is today’s sermon, May 5, 2024, V Easter, Year B. It is based on Acts 10: 44-48, the baptism of Cornelius. In it I explain how the gentiles were brought into the early church and how this is a model for contemporary denominations struggling with inclusion.

Here is today’s sermon, April 28, 2024, V Easter, Year B. It is based on Acts 8: 26-40, Phillip and the Eunuch. I explain how resurrection is shown in this story.

Here is today’s sermon, April 21, 2024, IV Easter, Year B. It is based on Acts 4: 5-12. In it I give an explanation of what it means that there is no salvation but in the name of Jesus. I explain that rather than being exclusionary, it is a way to healing and abundant life.

Here isis today’s sermon, April 14, 2024, III Easter, Year B. In it I discuss the meaning of eternal life and experiencing resurrection in our lives rather than wasting until after death.

Here it’s today’s sermon, March 31, 2024, Easter Sunday, Year B. In it I describe that the story of Easter is really a love story, with the Beloved Disciple.

Here is today’s sermon, March 28, 2014, Maundy Thursday, Year B. In it I draw parallels between the Last Supper, Passover, and the last Thanksgiving meal my family shared with my Mother.

Here is today’s sermon, March 24, 2024, Palm Sunday, Year B. It is based on the Passion and our role in reading the part of the crowd.

Here is today’s sermon, March 17, 2024, V Lent, Year B. It is based on Jeremiah 31: 31-34. In it I discuss the difference between a contract, backed up by threat and power, and a covenant, which is founded on love.

Here is today’s sermon, March 10, 2024, IV Lent, Year A. It is based on the story from Numbers about the serpents in a pole and John about the Son of Man being lifted up.

Here is today’s sermon, March 3, 2024, III Lent, Year B. It is based on John 2, the Cleansing of the Temple. I give three interpretations of the Scripture and apply to our relationship to the Church and, ultimately, to God.

Here is today’s sermon, February 25, 2024, II Lent, Year A. It is based on Mark 8: 31-38, Take up your Cross.

Here is today’s sermon, February 18, 2024, I Lent, Year B. In it I make the point that there is something about finding identity through water in the Scriptures.

Here is today’s sermon, February 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday, Year B. It is a reflection on how our own sin is so close to us that we may often not even be able to name it.

Here is today’s sermon, February 11, 2024, Last Epiphany, Year B. It is based on Mark 9: 2-9, the Transfiguration. In it I explain how this Sunday is a transition from Epiphanytide and Lent.

Here is today’s sermon, February 4, 2024, V Epiphany, Year A. It is based on Mark 1: 29-39, the Healing of Peter’s Mother in Law. In the sermon I explain how there are many reversals in the Eucharist so diaconal table ministry is not based on power or authority.

Here is today’s sermon, January 28, 2024, IV Epiphany, Year A. It is based on Mark 1: 21-28, the Exorcism of the Man in the Synagogue. I make the point that life is more complicated than just good and evil and discuss how to discern among our various motives and backgrounds in order to live together.