Blessed are the Hope-bearers
November 5, 2023
Church of the Servant
All Saints Day (Transferred) Year A Matthew 5:1-12 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
- Meier, John P. 1990. “Matthew 5:3-12.” Interpretation 44 (3): 281-85. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lsdah&AN=ATLA0000827746&site=ehost-live.
- Cisar, Gerard M. 2022. “The Beatitudes and the Life of the Church.” Calvin Theological Journal 57 (1): 43–74. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lsdah&AN=ATLAiE8N220614000055&site=ehost-live.
- Thurman, Howard. Deep is the Hunger. Harper & Row, (New York: 1951): 191-192.
Inner Work: Lose Your Life To Find It
September 3, 2023
Church of the Servant
14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 - Year A Matthew 16:21-28 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
Link to Coastline Replay: https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-08-29/coastline-racial-healing-activists-of-all-races-need-to-interrogate-themselves-first-says-dr-catherine-meeks
A ‘Yep, I Can’ Spirit
June 25, 2023
Church of the Servant
4th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 - Year A Matthew 10:24-39; Romans 6:1b-11 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
- “On Gustavo’s Farm”, Dorsey Barger and Gustavo HausBar, HausBar Farm Publishing, Austin:2018.
Lavender Love
June 11, 2023
Church of the Servant
2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 5 - Year A Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Pride Houston Chorus singing “Love Don’t Need a Reason” https://www.facebook.com/nancy.greenwood.773/videos/215547967975595
Sources:
- “The Lavender Song”, 1920 Music by Mischa Spoliansky. English lyrics by Jeremy Lawrence based on the original German lyrics by Kurt Schwabach.
- John Broich, “How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement,” July 4, 2017, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-first-gay-rights-movement-80354, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
- Terry Gross & Robert Beachy, “Between World Wars, Gay Culture Flourished In Berlin,” December 17, 2014, Fresh Air on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-culture-flourished-in-berlin, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
- Charles M. Blow, “Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency”, New York Times, June 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/pride-lgbtq-laws.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare. Accessed June 8, 2023.
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