Sermon

About the Exodus

This Sunday commemorates the Transfiguration of our Lord. Transfiguration means change, becoming different, but who is really changed? Did you ever have a life-changing experience? I’ve been practicing retiring. I haven’t quite got the hang of it yet. I retired as a Navy chaplain in 1994. Then I retired as a

07 February, 2016
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The Greatest of These

The Love Chapter, 1 Corinthians 13, speaks of a tough love beyond tough love. St. Paul was writing to a contentious congregation which had divided itself into factions. Some members of the congregation laid claim to secret mysteries and esoteric knowledge which put them above the run of the mill members of the

31 January, 2016
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A Matter of Diversity

The mission that the Lord gave to the church is to go into all the world, make disciples, baptize, and teach. How do I fit into the mission of the Church? What is my role, my responsibility? St. Paul speaks of the Church as the Body of Christ. A body has many parts, each with […]

24 January, 2016
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Water and Wine

The story of the Wedding at Cana is a familiar Biblical account. Jesus and his disciples attended a wedding. The family had either underestimated the number of guests or their capacity for consumption. In either case, they ran short of wine. Jesus’ mother asks him to help the family out. He intervenes