Sermons by Susan Plucker (Page 2)
Do You Know Where Your Wise Men Are?
Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a Matthew 2:1-12 It’s 10:45 in the morning. Do you know where your Wise Men are? If you set Wise Men out with a Nativity scene this year, Where are your Wise Men today? Perhaps they have been carefully packed away. Perhaps they are standing vigil around or close to the creche. Perhaps they are still on their way and placed A little distant yet from the birth scene, Since the Feast of Epiphany is still to…
Goat Walking to Bethlehem
Isaiah 40:1-11 Mark 1:1-8 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 Prepare the way, O Zion Your Christ is coming near. Let every hill and valley a level way appear. Greet one who comes in glory, foretold in sacred story. O, blest is Christ that came in God’s most holy name. Advent hymns dwell in my head this time of year And I diligently try to not let them Get pushed aside by Christmas Carols. I think today’s readings are my favorite…
Be Careful What You Pray For
Isaiah 45:1-7 Matthew 22:15-22 There is an old admonition: Be careful what you pray for. So, in today’s collect what DID we just pray for? Do we dare go back and check it out? “Almighty and everlasting God, Preserve the works of your mercy”… That’s us. Preserve us. Not make everything happy, happy, well and wonderful; But in other words, help us to stay alive, intact, free from decay, Not rancid, sour, putrid, rotten. And why are we…
“You are the Messiah”
To match the weirdness of this week, Smoke and heat on top of pandemic virtual school starts And election brew-ha-ha…. I have a weird sermon. My brain decided to give me the topic of zombie apocalypse As I started my sermon preparations of reading, thinking, pondering. Now, I’m not a fan of that genre, but I’m been seeing references to it quite a bit In my media posts….. Usually something to the effect of: “Well, 2020 has…
Salt of the Earth
Matthew 5:13-20 When I hear Jesus’ words to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth: but if salt has lost its taste, How can its saltiness be restored? My brain goes contrary and asks: Just how can salt lose its taste? And of course, I’m thinking of those little salt granules We put on our food. To relate to Jesus’ teaching, it helps me To picture a salt lick out in a field; They’re put out for livestock.…
Is Your God too Small?
Photo by Frances Gunn @unsplash.com Luke 20:27-38 Let’s begin with a riddle: Picture this scene: There was a car wreck. It was the fault of a man in a small car who darted out in front of a big car causing the big car to crash through a store window. The people in the small car were not hurt. In the big car there was one person injured and one person dead. A manslaughter charge was never filed against…
How Does God Respond to our Sinfulness?
Photo by Lukas from Pexels Luke 13:1-9 Our Gospel story for this 3rd Sunday of Lent is a real cliff hanger. How does the story really end? Did the vinedresser have to cut the tree down For not bearing fruit? Did the tree get a year’s reprieve? More time? Another chance? What do you think? For me, today’s gospel story revolves around the question: How does God respond to our sinfulness? We can assume from our reading That somebody and maybe more than…
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