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Unless you were living under a rock this summer, you have probably heard of the movie and book The Help. Kathryn Stockett spun this tale of African American women in the 1960s and the families they served. The Help is a compelling story as it examines the sometimes loving and sometimes strained [...]
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Proper 25, Year A, 2011
23Oct11Proper 21, Year A, 2011
25Sep11Listen to the sermon here.
Do you remember being a little kid in the middle of a stupid argument over a tea set or a football game? Do you remember how frustrating it was when your friends would fight over something and ruin your time together? Do you remember thinking to yourself, I cannot wait to [...]
All Saints’ Day, Year C, 2010
07Nov10Listen to the sermon here.
Today we celebrate All Saints’ Day. And when we say All Saints’ Day, we mean Allll Saints’ Day. We don’t just celebrate Mother Theresa and Hildegard, we celebrate all those Christians who have lived and died before us, and who now have—in the words of our Ephesians reading today—received their inheritance [...]
Proper 15, Year C, 2010
15Aug10To listen to this sermon, click here.
Today should be called rhetoric Sunday! In all three of our readings this morning, we have preachers at the top of their game. It is impossible to read these three snippets of scripture without imagining them preached in booming voices. Our reading from Hebrews today has a particularly pleasing [...]
Trinity Sunday, Year C, 2010
30May10Have you seen the movie Wall-E? While the protagonist of the movie is an adorable trash compacting robot, what I found really interesting was its depiction of humanity. In the movie, humans have evolved in such a way as to spare them any suffering. They float around in chairs, so they don’t have to walk. [...]
