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.
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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