Sermons on Pentecost (Page 3)

   The Rich Man Lacking One Thing Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost October 14, 2018 So I want to start off by setting the record straight: there is no gate in Jerusalem called the eye of the needle.  In the medieval ages that was the way some churchmen tried to explain away this hard saying in today’s Gospel – like a camel could get through the Jerusalem gate called…

Cardiosclerosis Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost October 7, 2018   I am going to keep this short because one thing I have learned about the Blessing of the Animals service is that animals wait for no man. So I am going to get right to the point.  One of the greatest dangers to our faith according to Jesus is a condition called σκληροκαρδία.  He puts it right out…

Praying to be blessed with Wisdom Thirteenth Sunday after Pentectost August 19, 2018   Readings: 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14, Psalm 111, Ephesians 5:15-20, & John 6:51-58 You have probably heard me speak of Austen Williams before.  He was a retired clergyman who was on the staff of the church when I was a curate – that is when I was a newly ordained clergywoman. …

Feeding of the 5,000 The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost July 29, 2018 The Biblical Text John 6:1-21 Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival…

Pulling Down the Dividing Wall The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost June 15, 2018   Ephesians 2:11-22 Remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision” —a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of…

Preach from Scars not Wounds The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 8, 2018 the Biblical text The Epistle 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows. And I know that such a person—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows—…

Healing The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 1, 2018 Mark 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your…

The Mustard Seed and the New Creation The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 17, 2018 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!  2 Corinthians 5.17 Preaching Texts   2 Corinthians 5:6-10, & 14-17 We are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away…

Sabbath Yes The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 3, 2018 For the longest time I thought, that although I was Christian, that I was also partly Jewish. I thought that because I went to the Jewish Community Center Pre-School and we lived in a Jewish community on the East Side of Providence RI, right around the corner from the synagogue.  My best friends had last names…

Trinity Sunday May 27, 2018 Trinity Sunday is considered the hardest day in the Christian Calendar to preach. How do you explain all the three in one God theology in a way that makes some sense, and seems to apply to our daily lives.  But I would like to talk about a woman who was able in simple terms to explain the Trinity. – not for adults but for children.  And…