The Little Things Download March 1, Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544: 1 Thessalonians 2:2b-12; Mark 4:26-29 Draft copy of the homily, please do not cite without permission. There was a very inventive and quite enjoyable BBC show on a few years ago about the
Reactions—sermon for 03.01.15 Lent 2
Reactions Download March 1, Second Sunday in Lent: Psalm 22:22-30; Genesis 17:1-7,15-16; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 Draft copy of the homily, please do not cite without permission. You know the old line: if you want to make God laugh,
Marks of Mission—sermon for 2.22.15 Lent 1
Marks of Mission Download February 22, First Sunday in Lent: Psalm 25:1-9; Genesis 9:8-17; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15
Memento mori—sermon for Ash Wednesday, 2015
Memento Mori Download February 18, Ash Wednesday: Psalm 103 or 103:8-14; Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b--6:10; Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Other reading Merton, Thomas, Seasons of Celebration Gawande, Atul, Being Mortal and the Frontline
Baptism Banners
Children, Youth & Family Ministries Last Sunday the kids in our Grades 2-5 class finished making baptism banners. This is one of the activities they've been engaged with as they consider what it means to be "sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism and marked as Christ's own forever" (p 308, Book of
Choices—sermon for 01.25.15
Choices [s3bubbleMediaElementAudio bucket="sermons_asp" track="20150125Epiphany3B.mp3"] Scripture readings: January 25, Third Sunday after Epiphany: Psalm 62:6-14 Jonah 3:1-5,10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 To listen to earlier homilies
Tailoring the message—sermon for 01.18.15 Epiphany 2B
Tailoring the message [s3bubbleMediaElementAudio bucket="sermons_asp" track="20150118Epiphany2B.mp3"] Scripture readings: January 18, Second Sunday after Epiphany: Psalm 139:1-5,12-17 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20); 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 To listen to earlier homilies
Extend the Invitation
Children, Youth & Family Ministries Just before Christmas I was at a party when someone I didn't know asked me about my connection to the hosts. "I used to go to church with them," I told him. "Used to go?" he asked. I explained: "I work in a church now - All Saints in Brookline - so I've left