Child of Adam, Child of God
January 12, 2025
1st Sunday After Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Photo by: Ron Sherman
Sources:
1 Carol Lakey Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Theological Perspective”, Feasting on the Word:
Year C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara
Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7803.
2 Ibid. Locations 7813, 7815 and 7836.
3 Ernest Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Homiletic Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year C,
Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7964.
4 Robert M. Brearley, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Pastoral Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year
C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7866.
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The Face of Change
August 6, 2017
Christ Church Episcopal, Norcross, GA
Feast of the Transfiguration
Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Peter 1:13-21; Luke 9:28-36
Listen here, or read below:
This past Monday my parents and I visited the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. [Check that off my Atlanta bucket list!] It’s interesting to see what’s chosen to depict someone’s life. In the childhood section, among other household items, one display box held a pair of crystal salt and pepper shakers. This seemed an odd contrast to the images, on the opposite wall, of little Jimmy’s playmates, the African American children of peanut-farm workers.
An exhibit highlighting the Camp David Peace Accords revealed the careful and persistent mediation Carter provided to guide the unlikely peace agreement between the leaders of Egypt and Israel. 
I wondered if he didn’t first develop these negotiation skills at his family dinner table. You see, his father was a staunch segregationist, while his mother, a trained nurse, didn’t hesitate to cross segregation lines in the 1920s to provide health care counseling to poor African American women. Navigating the complexity of diverse views, even within our own families, continues still. So, while Carter inherited the infamous peanut farm from his father, he undoubtedly adopted the social consciousness of his mother. Read the rest of this entry »
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