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You’re in a movie theater. Everything goes dark. The screen opens pitch black. You are looking at a picture of the vastness of space, the camera zooms slowly onto our planet and focuses closer and closer until all we see is a man.
John.
In the Gospel of John, John the Baptist is [...]
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Advent 3, Year B, 2011
11Dec11Advent 1, Year B, 2011
28Nov11Listen to the sermon here.
The days got short and dark quickly, didn’t they? Even though the shortened days come like clockwork, every autumn I am surprised. I feel rushed into the falling leaves and apple cider. I want to cling to warm, long days and fresh peaches just a few more weeks. The early darkness [...]
Advent 3, Year A, 2011
12Dec10Listen to the sermon here.
John the Baptist was a confident man. You might have picked up on that in last weeks’ readings. He had no problem wearing crazy clothes and eating bugs and spending his time shouting at people with great assurance in his words. John was a prophet and he behaved like a prophet.
John [...]
Advent 1, Year A, 2010
28Nov10Listen to the sermon here.
(stage whisper) Guess what? Jesus is coming!
Aren’t you excited? There is going to be a little baby and a manger and a star and some shepherds! It’s going to be so great!
Today we start Advent, so we can stop complaining about all the Christmas decorations at Starbucks and the mall and [...]
Advent 3, Year C, 2009
14Dec09Rejoice in the Lord Always! You brood of vipers! Let your gentleness be known to everyone. Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Do not worry about anything. The chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
Our Epistle and Gospel readings are having a strange conversation today, aren’t they?
On one hand, we [...]
