The Last Lesson
March 28, 2024
Church of the Servant
Maundy Thursday
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
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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
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.