Sermons from 2021 (Page 2)
The healing of Bartimaeus
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slave of all
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Even the Tax Man gets called.
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The Wolf of Gubbio
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Restoration
Environmental devastation is not new to humans. In the early settlements of what became Massachusetts, the forests were nearly demolished because of the conversion of trees toward building and fuel. Primarily fuel, I would think. Today they are replenished, very likely because fuel now comes from fossil sources and wood comes from other parts of the planet. It’s a mixed story. Those of us of a certain age might recall when the Cuyahoga River in Pennsylvania caught fire…
Abundance
Season of Creation – Abundance Deuteronomy 8:7-18; Psalm 19; Revelation 22:1-5; Matthew 6:25-34 My preaching assignment today, during this Season of Creation, is to talk about Abundance. It is my abundant pleasure to do so. It is also abundantly daunting! In English, the words “abundance” and “undulation” are related. You can hear it. The shared letters between the two mean “wave.” And whereas undulation means “waviness”, abundance means “from a wave.” So when we talk about abundance, there is one…
Small Wonders
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What has been prepared for us?
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The Bread of Life
The 13th Sunday After Pentecost Proper 16 – Year B Berkeley D. Johnson, III Good morning! We find ourselves, once again, and for the third week in a row, in the 6th chapter of the Gospel According to John, where Jesus speaks of himself as the Bread of Life, or the Bread from Heaven. Someone – and it’s not just the lectionary redactors – is trying to send us a message, so let’s take one more look at it before…