Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid?
March 13, 2022
Church of the Servant
Second Sunday in Lent Psalm 27; Luke 13:31-35 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
Source: Richard Stern, Homiletic Commentary on Psalm 27, in Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide, editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 2165.
Under the Influence
March 6, 2022
Church of the Servant
First Sunday in Lent Luke 4:1-13 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
Invitation to Self-Giving
March 2, 2022
Church of the Servant
Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
Source: Howard Thurman, excerpt from “The Good Deed”, within The Inward Journey.
Celebrate Lent, Celebrate Life
March 1, 2017
Christ Church Episcopal, Norcross, GA
Ash Wednesday
Joel 2:1-2,12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6,16-21
(Gospel Text provided below)
In a few minutes, as part of this Ash Wednesday liturgy, I will extend an Invitation to the observance of a Holy Lent. This invitation says in part:
I invite you… to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature, let us now kneel before the Lord, our maker and redeemer.
We’ll then say a prayer of preparation, remembering that we have been created out of the dust of the earth. We’ll ask that the ashes placed on our foreheads be a sign of our mortality and penitence. This is often the focal point on this solemn day. A day we are called to begin a season of introspection, repentance, and self-denial.
Yet, I want to point out that in that prayer there is one additional component…
… that we may remember that it is only by [God’s] gracious gift that we are given everlasting life…
I believe that the remembrance of this gracious gift is also an integral part of the day. Today’s gospel passage from Matthew calls us to lean into this gracious gift. It invites us to embrace the special connection we each have with God, and amplifies the realization that everything we have and who we are is GIFT. Read the rest of this entry »
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