I have a confession.
I have a big problem with our Gospel lesson today. Rather, I have a problem with the way this text has been used in the Church. This gospel lesson has been used as a justification for people staying in abusive relationships and I have to address that before I can move on [...]
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Epiphany 7, Year A, 2011
20Feb11Epiphany 6, Year A, 2011
13Feb11Preached at the evening service of the Episcopal Church of Princeton University.
I am a rule bound person and have been ever since I was a kid. My parents had very clear rules for my sister and me and I had very little problem following them. We did our homework before we played. We went to [...]
Epiphany 5, Year A, 2011
06Feb11Listen to the sermon here.
When I was little my family spent a lot of time with good friends of ours—the von Hendys. The von Hendys also had two children, Vanessa and Stephan. Vanessa was just a year or two younger than me and Stephan was just a year or two younger than my sister, Marianne. [...]
Christmas I, Year A, 2010
26Dec10Listen to the sermon here.
Merry Christmas!
The last week or so we have been immersed in Matthew and Luke’s Christmas stories. We have heard the Angel Gabriel’s soothing words to Joseph. We have journeyed with Mary and Joseph as they made the long journey to Bethlehem. We have seen children act out the famous scenes of [...]
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 [...]
