Comfort and Peace
December 10, 2023
Church of the Servant
2nd Sunday of Advent
Year B
Mark 1:1-8; Isaiah 40:1-11; 2 Peter 3:8-15a
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
[1] O’Conner, Kathleen M. “Isaiah 40:1-11 Exegetical Perspective”. Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2008. Kindle edition. Page 80 · Location 1083 & Page 81 · Location 1090.
[2] Hutson, Christopher R. “Mark 1:1-8 Theological Perspective”. Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2008. Kindle edition. Page 117 · Location 1604.
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.
Don’t Quarrel. Do Good.
September 17, 2023
Church of the Servant
16th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 - Year A - Creation Liturgy Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-25 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
Season of Creation: A Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes 2023, the Rev. John Elliott Lein and the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas assemblers.
Wendell Berry,
Pope John Paul II Pastoral Letter
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