Turn then, and Live
October 1, 2023
Church of the Servant
18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 - Year A - Creation Liturgy Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
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Advocacy Depends on Hope
September 24, 2023
Church of the Servant
17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 - Year A - Creation Liturgy Jonah 3:10-4:11; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
Catherine Meeks, The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial Healing (Church Publishing Incorporated, 2022), Kindle edition, 122.
David Orr, Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016), 115.
The Earth is our Neighbor
September 10, 2023
Church of the Servant
15th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 - Year A Romans 13:8-14 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
Jesus Jiménez and Kurt Streeter, “Protest Stops U.S. Open Semifinal Match”, New York Times, Sept. 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/sports/tennis/protest-stops-us-open-semifinal-match.html Accessed Sept. 9, 2023.
Season of Creation: A Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes 2023, the Rev. John Elliott Lein and the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas assemblers, p. 10.
Bill McKibben, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. Henry Holt and Co., 2010. Kindle edition. Location 124.
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
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