Third Sunday in Epiphany-Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Jane Tillman
As we celebrate the liturgical season of Epiphany we are challenged to a type of discernment about what it means to be called and to turn in a new direction. John the Baptist and Jesus begin their ministry, and their call to others with with cries to repent—that word which can conjure up all sorts […]
Come and See
Welcome to the second Sunday after the Epiphany. This Sunday stands between the advent of Jesus Christ and our journey in following him; between the wonders of the Word made flesh and the gritty joy of our attempts to respond. This day comes after the celebration of God coming to earth in Jesus, after the […]
Into what then were you baptized?
On the Sunday morning she was baptized, Lucy came dressed in a beautiful white dress with large white ribbons in her hair. She didn’t walk tentatively into the church; she danced. Lucy was 4 years old. We practiced briefly with her parents and her godparents. And when the time came in the service for Lucy […]
This Little Child–Sermon by Lee Cheek
Download the pdf A Sermon Preached by Lee Cheek, Licensed Lay Preacher Grace Church, An Episcopal Community in the Southern Berkshires (Great Barrington, MA) Christmas 2B, January 4, 2015 Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; […]
Children of God
For many of us the sights, sounds, and fragrance of family and friends gathered together may have quieted down. You may have left behind guests sleeping in– to come here to be together with God’s community. I welcome you to Christmas. Despite signs in the world, that the Christmas season is over, I am so […]
“Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”
She struck the angel Gabriel as hardly old enough to have a child at all, let alone this child, but he’d been entrusted with a message to give her, and he gave it. He told her what the child was to be named and who he was to be, something about the mystery that was […]
The One Who Calls You is Faithful
The LORD has done great things for us, * and we are glad indeed. Restore our fortunes, O LORD, * like the watercourses of the Negev. Those who sowed with tears * will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, * will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves. […]
God is coming to your wilderness
Advent 2, Year B Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. I will listen to what the Lord God is saying, for he is speaking peace to his faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to him. (Psalm 85: 8) One of my favorite movies of all times is “Trip to Bountiful.” One […]
Now consider, we are all your people
Isaiah 64: 1-9, Advent 1 B Barbara Brown Taylor tells of visiting a friend at his church. He showed her through the newly built fellowship hall and then took her into the sanctuary where she saw a “curious thing sitting on the altar. It was a fat white candle, sitting in a deep dish with […]
The fullness of him who fills all in all
The Reign of Christ Sunday A November 23, 2014 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to […]