September 26, 2021 - The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

O God, we give you thanks for salting us with your grace and pray that might always have peace with you ✠ in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

            I pray that this sermon series on “What is the Church?” has been fruitful. The idea was that as we were emerging out of the pandemic and trying to re-establish some sense of normal, we needed to get back to the basics to build on a solid foundation. So we’ve considered questions about the purpose of the Church, why we should come to Church, and what words like discipleship and faith are all about. Which leaves us with one last question – what should we even be Christian?

September 19, 2021 - The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

O Lord, we are your children, give us the faith to receive your grace and love fully in our lives ✠ in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

            Thus far in this sermon series about the Church, we’ve seen that the Church is a Eucharistic community – meaning that all we are and do is rooted in the way in which God brings us together, nourishes us in grace, places before us the story of our salvation, and summons us to follow Jesus in the way of the Cross. Now, that’s a very short summary, and so if you’ve missed any of the sermons so far, I’d encourage you either read or listen to them online. Today, the question is “what is faith?”

September 12, 2021 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

Gracious and loving God, mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace ☩ in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

            Truly, it is good to be back with you all this morning. Even a great whale, which can swim for long periods of times in the depths, needs to come up for air periodically. That’s what I did last Sunday and the week prior – I spent some time where I didn’t check emails or worry about projects so that I could more fully rest and be present in prayer and breathe in God’s grace. Certainly, it’s not only clergy who have been exhausted by this pandemic – we all have. So make sure you’re taking time to come up for air as well.