September 15, 2019 Proper 19C Luke 15:1-13 Grace Church Today is just prologue for next week’s most challenging parable, The Parable of the Unjust Manager and we must get ready for it. We will ease into position before we take … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sermons
September 8, 2019 Pentecost 18C Luke 14:25-35 Grace Episcopal Church It was a dark and stormy night last night, and I thought about what it must have been like for the good people in the Bahamas, in Abaco last Sunday … Continue reading
August 25, 2019 Proper 16: Luke 13: (6-9)10-17 (18-20) Grace Church The intermittent rain, darker mornings, and the chopping of wood is a reminder that winter is coming to Lopez Island. Last Sunday we heard Jesus the Prophet warning the … Continue reading
August 18, 2019 Proper 15C Luke 12:49-56 Grace Church Jesus said, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” We have come to this moment in the midst of a heady round … Continue reading
July 28, 2019 Proper 12C Luke 11:1-13 Grace Church Good morning! Hearing Trevor so beautifully proclaim this lesson from Genesis, we encounter an amazing scene: Abraham bargaining with God for the souls of the innocent of Sodom and Gomorrah. Imagine, … Continue reading
July 21, 2019 Proper 11C Luke 18: 38-42 Grace Church Lunar Communion Sunday “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses, what is humanity that you should … Continue reading
July 14, 2019 Proper 10C Luke 10: 25-37 Grace Church In 1974 I was twenty-four, attending St. Francis Church in Temple, Texas and was involved in teaching Sunday School, serving on the altar guild and helping in the office a … Continue reading
July 7, 2019 Proper 9C Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Grace Church This has been quite a week — as I said last Sunday, I was ready, although not quite prepared for the very long ferry delay on Monday evening — the … Continue reading
June 30, 2019 Proper 8 Luke 9:51-62 Grace Church Good morning! I know we are getting ready for the big Fourth of July celebration and like a new resident in Kansas, I’m trying to imagine the oncoming storm but can’t … Continue reading
June 23, 2019 Proper 7C Luke 8 Grace Church Good morning! I’m so glad that you came this morning — many had the blessing of the beloved community last night as Trevor and Joanne were honored with the annual Spirit … Continue reading