Love Without Reserve – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
What if you and I are to be good shepherds too? What if laying down life is really about love and how we are to love? Isn’t that what we heard in today’s epistle (1 John 3:16-24)? “We know love by...
View ArticleWholehearted Life – A Sermon On John 15:1-8
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B – John 15:1-8 Think about what you do in your daily life that just leaves you exhausted. I am talking about the things that leave you emotionally drained and physically...
View ArticleWorking Out Our Life – A Sermon On John 17:6-19
In today’s gospel Jesus is praying. He’s not talking to the disciples and he’s not talking to us. He’s not teaching and he’s not giving instructions. He’s praying, and we’re listening in. And what a...
View ArticleOur Advocates – A Pentecost Sermon On John 15:26-27; 16:4-15
In today’s gospel Jesus talks about the coming of the Advocate, the Spirit of Truth. What if the Advocate, in whatever ways she or he shows up, comes not to advocate to another on our behalf but to...
View ArticleWhere Are You? – A Sermon On Genesis 3:8-15
God called to Adam, “Where are you?” I wonder if we need to re-hear that question from God. I think we are so familiar with the Adam and Eve stories and so sure that they are about disobedience,...
View ArticleGod’s Seedy People – A Sermon On Mark 4:26-34
When you look at your life today, what’s different compared to your life a year ago, three, five, twenty years ago? I’m not asking about circumstances or events. I am asking about you. In what ways...
View ArticleThe Divine Touch – A Sermon On Mark 5:21-43
I’m usually the one that drives when my wife, Cyndy, and I go somewhere. If we’re going further than a few blocks I almost always roll up the sleeve of my right arm, lay my hand in her lap, and say,...
View ArticleThe Hometown Disadvantage – A Sermon On Mark 6:1-13
I wonder what your hometown experience has been like. What are some of the best things about a hometown? What are some of the most troublesome things about a hometown? When I talk about the hometown I...
View ArticleWhat Haunts You Today? – A Sermon On Mark 6:14-29
Do you ever feel like your life is haunted, like something unresolved has come to visit? Have you ever felt like something is wandering the halls of your heart and mind, “a presence that is not quite a...
View ArticleTime For An Update
I began “Interrupting the Silence” a little over twelve years ago in January 2009. It started with a few “I wonder ifs.” “I wonder if I can figure out the technology and how to create a blog.” “I...
View ArticleLove Without Reserve – A Sermon On John 10:11-18
What if you and I are to be good shepherds too? What if laying down life is really about love and how we are to love? Isn’t that what we heard in today’s epistle (1 John 3:16-24)? “We know love by...
View ArticleWholehearted Life – A Sermon On John 15:1-8
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B - John 15:1-8 Photo by Maja Petric on Unsplash Think about what you do in your daily life that just leaves you exhausted. I am talking about the things that leave you...
View ArticleWorking Out Our Life – A Sermon On John 17:6-19
In today’s gospel Jesus is praying. He’s not talking to the disciples and he’s not talking to us. He’s not teaching and he’s not giving instructions. He’s praying, and we’re listening in. And what a...
View Article“But I’m Really Hungry!”– A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
When my younger son was about three or four he came into the kitchen one evening and said he was hungry. I told him I was working on supper and it would be a little bit longer. “But I’m really…… Read...
View ArticleIs There Life Within You? – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash Several years ago my mom and dad went to a reunion of some of their military friends. It was a gathering of the old soldiers and their wives. The men had served...
View ArticleWhen The Gospel Gets Flesh And Blood Real – A Sermon On John 6:56-69
“But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about [his teaching], said to them, ‘Does this offend you?’” Let’s start there. Who’s offended by today’s gospel (John 6:56-69)? Raise your...
View ArticleCome And See
“Come and see” is what Jesus said to the two disciples of John the Baptist who asked him, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” (John 1:35-39) Jesus responds to their question but he does not answer it....
View ArticleWhat Causes You To Sigh? – A Sermon On Mark 7:24-37
Last week I had a phone conversation with a clergy colleague in the diocese. We have a close though slightly formal relationship. After we exchanged the usual and expected greetings and pleasantries I...
View ArticleBecoming Our Better Selves – A Sermon On Mark 9:30-37
Photo by Ester Marie Doysabas on Unsplash “On the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest” (Mark 9:34). How do you imagine that argument went? Today’s gospel (Mark 9:30-37) doesn’t...
View ArticleJesus’ Prescription For Healing And Wholeness – A Sermon On Mark 9:38-50
Photo by Alexandros Chatzidimos from Pexels A friend of mine often says, “Sometimes the good news is bad news before it is good news.” That sure fits today’s gospel (Mark 9:38-50). Today’s gospel tells...
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