Sermons from March 2019

The Prodigal Son The Fourth Sunday of Lent March 31, 2019 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus told them this parable: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said…

Turn Third Sunday of Lent March 24, 2019 The Text: Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you…

Citizens of Heaven Second Sunday of Lent March 17, 2019 Sermon Texts Genesis 15.1-6 And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.” But the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.” He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the…

Timshel First Sunday in Lent March 10, 2019 As Oscar Wilde, the British novelist and playwright famously said, “I can resist anything but temptation.”  Some of you know that I have a friend Gayle, and we talk to each other pretty much every day.  Sometimes we talk about what we are up to, sometimes it is about the kids, sometimes it’s moral dilemmas, and this…

Ash Wednesday For Wellesley College’s Midday Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Service and St. Michael’s Evening Ash Wednesday Service And Last week my daughter and I went to see the band Mumford and Sons in Providence, Rhode Island.  I think I was the oldest person in the Dunkin Donuts Center, and definitely the oldest person in the pit – such is my love for my daughter and…