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Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 22, 2025: 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a;Psalm 42 and 43; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 I was going to write today about how God comes to us in a sound of sheer silence. And maybe I was going to write something about how the passage from Galatians has been misused to…

Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15; Psalm 8or Canticle 13 Years ago, a clergy friend told me that Trinity Sunday was the Sunday you always wanted a guest preacher, because most people only have so much to say about the Trinity. The Trinity is both central to Christianity, and…

Pentecost, June 8, 2025: Acts 2:1-21; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17, (25-27); Psalm 104:25-35, 37 “Each one heard them speaking in the native language of each.” The miracle of Pentecost was that the disciples, filled with the Holy Spirit, were able to be understood by all those in Jerusalem, people from all parts of the vast…

Seventh Sunday of Easter, 1 June 2025: Acts 16:16-34; Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21; John 17:20-26; Psalm 97 “I made your name known to them“ It’s the last Sunday of Easter, and Jesus is making sure not only that he is known by his disciples, but by those who believe in Jesus through them. What is important to…

Sixth Sunday of Easter: Psalm 67; Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 5:1-9 The man had been ill for 38 years. That’s a LONG time. He had made it to the pool at Beth-zatha, but had never been able to actually reach its healing waters: he had no one to help him. The healing power…

Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2025: Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6;John 13:31-35; Psalm 148 Today’s lessons give us both a vision of life on earth in the presence of God, and instructions on how to be there. The vision helps us know why we do what we do: See, the home of God is among…

Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025: Acts 9:36-43; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30; Psalm 23 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, when we are reminded of the frequency with which Jesus used images of sheep and shepherds in his preaching. This reflects the fact…

Third Sunday of Easter, 4 May, 2025: Acts 9:1-6, (7-20); Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19; Psalm 30 What are the points of change in your life? For a man named Saul, the answer was easy. Everything changed when he was on the road to Damascus. A light from heaven flashed, and he heard Jesus voice asking…

Second Sunday of Easter, April 27, 2025: Acts 5:27-32; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31; Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150 It’s been quite a few days for the followers of Jesus. The passover seder, where Jesus washed their feet; a trip to the garden, where he prayed. Then the arrest and trial, and finally his crucifixion. The…

Easter Sunday, April 20,2025: Isaiah 65:17-25; Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! This proclamation, repeated three times, begins the Easter liturgy. We have made it through the long days of Lent, and the hard days of Holy Week. We have sat…