Hear, O Israel Download March 5, First Sunday in Lent: Psalm 32; Genesis 2:15-17,3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. “Hear, Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God
Ashes—sermon for Ash Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Ashes Unfortunately, this sermon was not recorded. March 1, Ash Wednesday: Psalm 103 or 103:8-14; Isaiah 58:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree,”wrote
#resist—Sermon for 19 February 2017
#resist Download February 19, Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany Psalm 119:33-40 Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. There’s a word that’s been popping up in my media feed a
Salt and Light—sermon by Sarah Brock, 5 February 2017
Salt and Light Epiphany 5A 2/5/2017 All Saints, Brookline Isaiah 58.1-9a Psalm 112.1-9 I Corinthians 2.1-12 Matthew 5.13-20 Salt and Light “If salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?” At first glance, this question reminds me of a Zen koan. A seemingly
Starting with why—sermon for 29 January 2017
Starting with why Download January 29, Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany: Psalm 15; Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. Simon Sinek is a marketing consultant and popular speaker…his 2009
See me…sermon for 01.22.17 Epiphany 3
See me... Download January 22, Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Psalm 27:1, 5-13 ; Isaiah 9:1-4 ; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. This is not the way it usually happens. A solitary figure walks
One step at a time-sermon for 8 January 2017
One step at a time Download January 8, First Sunday after the Epiphany: Baptism of Our Lord Psalm 29; Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. I was looking forward to hearing the bishop preach
What’s in a name?—Sermon for 1.1.17 The Feast of the Holy Name
What's in a name? Download January 1, 2017, Holy Name: Psalm 8 Numbers 6:22-27; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 2:15-21 Draft text of the homily, please pardon any typos, and do not cite without permission. “What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet;”