Archive for June, 2009

Life Together as the Full Expression of Ministry

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Sermon delivered Sunday, June 28, 2009 at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Lewis Center, OH. If you would like to hear an audio version of this sermon, usually somewhat different from the text below, click here.
Lectionary texts: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43
In the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy [...]

Ministry—What’s Holding You Back?

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Sermon delivered Sunday, June 21, 2009 at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Lewis Center, OH. If you would like to listen to the audio version of this sermon, usually somewhat different from the text below, click here.
Lectionary texts: 1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49; Psalm 9:9-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41.
In the name of God: Father, [...]

Called to Ministry

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Sermon delivered Sunday, June 14, 2009 at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Lewis Center, OH. The audio version of this sermon, usually somewhat different from the text below, is not available due to technical difficulties.
Lectionary texts: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5:6-17; Mark 4:26-34.
In the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen.
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Thank You, Young Soldiers

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

I have been negligent in posting this, as it should have come yesterday. June 6th, of course, marked the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the greatest amphibious assault the world has ever known (and hopefully will ever know). Sadly, most of those valiant soldiers are now dead, and our country is the poorer because [...]