John 15: 9-17 Most of us, I think, would agree that words are important. What we say and how we say what we say matters, right? Words are important. Our words, in any situation, at any given time, reflecting a piece of who we are. Our words express our beliefs – our thoughts on this … More A Language of Love
Pentecost 9C – It’s The Real Thing Luke 10:38-42 July 20-21, 2013 Jesus says to Martha, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing.” There is need of only one thing. I made a discovery this week… My discovery is that I think you can date … More It’s The Real Thing
Epiphany 4C – Clanging Cymbals 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” I want you to know that I am not a percussionist, so I had to do a lot of research … More Clanging Cymbals
Message from New Day Worship, January 20, 2012 Hold Fast To The Dream A Presentation for Two Readers and Choir of the Life and Words, of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stan G. Duncan NARRATOR: On one very cold and very cloudy Saturday morning, January 15, 1929, just three months after the beginning … More Hold Fast to the Dream
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 4 September 2011 (Ezekiel 33:7-11 Psalm 119 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20) “Blest Be the Tie the Binds!” Let me begin by telling you an amazing story: He was born in the year 1740 near the town of Yorkshire, England. He was orphaned at age 12. As a young boy … More Blest Be the Tie that Binds!
Lent 2A – Love Not Condemnation John 3:1-17 March 19-20, 2011 We’ve gotten used to seeing it everywhere… John 3:16 on signs at ball games on drink cups by Christian companies on tattoos even written on the eye black of football players Remember the “Rainbow Man”? He was the guy in the 70’s … More Love Not Condemnation
Christmas Eve 24 December 2010 (Isaiah 9: 2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-20) Contrary to popular rumor, I really do enjoy receiving and reading those holiday letters we often receive from friends, those letters that tell us what has been happening to families over the past year. At our home, we have probably received … More Christmas Eve
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19) 12 September 2010 (Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 51 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10) “Let’s rally!” Grumbling—it all begins with grumbling! Grumbling! Grumbling! Grumbling–that’s what gets Jesus going with his story-telling! And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying: “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Fifteen Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23) 5 September 2010 ((Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33) “A Labor Day Wish!” He’s 45 years old, a family man with three teenage children at home. A graduate of a fine college, with a master’s degree in electrical engineering; he has been working in the high-tech industry … More A Labor Day Wish!
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 20 June 2010 (Isaiah 65:1-9 Psalm 22 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39) “Love In the Ruins” Pigs and tombs—both of them unclean to the Jews—and we have both in today’s Gospel text! We hear of a man who lives in a cemetery wearing nothing but his birthday suit. We hear of demons … More Love in the Ruins
Sermons at St. James Gettysburg 