Blessed are the Hope-bearers
November 5, 2023
Church of the Servant
All Saints Day (Transferred) Year A Matthew 5:1-12 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
- Meier, John P. 1990. “Matthew 5:3-12.” Interpretation 44 (3): 281-85. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lsdah&AN=ATLA0000827746&site=ehost-live.
- Cisar, Gerard M. 2022. “The Beatitudes and the Life of the Church.” Calvin Theological Journal 57 (1): 43–74. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lsdah&AN=ATLAiE8N220614000055&site=ehost-live.
- Thurman, Howard. Deep is the Hunger. Harper & Row, (New York: 1951): 191-192.
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
Increasing our Wheat-ness
July 23, 2023
Church of the Servant
8th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 - Year A Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
- Jody Greenwood’s Notes from “Making Our Memory Stick”, Len Lecci, Phd, Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, March 2021.
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