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.
Faithful Strategies
October 23, 2022
Church of the Servant
20th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25, Year C Luke 18:9-14 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the Gospel reading and the Sermon.)






A Faithful Response
October 9, 2022
Church of the Servant
18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22, Year C Luke 17:11-19, 2 Kings 5:1-15c Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the Gospel reading and the Sermon.)




A Heavenly Treasure is Our Earthly Call
September 25, 2022
Church of the Servant
16th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21, Year C Luke 16:19-31; 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the Gospel reading and the Sermon.)




Sources:
Amy Jill Levine, Short Stores by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Harper Collins Publishers, (New York: 2014), p. 280.