Sermon for Third Sunday in Lent, Mar. 7, 2021 B
John 2:13-22 The story of the cleansing of the temple is found in all four gospels. In the Synoptic accounts (Matthew, Mark and Luke), this event is a turning point […]
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Sermon for Second Sunday in Lent, Feb. 28, 2021 B
Mark 8:31-38 Mark is a Good Friday Gospel in the sense that the cross is central to his understanding of Jesus and the nature of discipleship. It is fitting that […]
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Sermon for First Sunday in Lent, Feb. 21, 2021 B
Mark 1:9-15 With Ash Wednesday we entered the most important time of the church year. The Lent/Easter cycle is centered on the celebration of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus […]
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Sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021 B
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Today, Ash Wednesday, we enter the most important time of the church year. The Lent/Easter cycle is centered on the celebration of the passion and resurrection of […]
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Sermon for Last Sunday after the Epiphany, February 14, 2021 B
Mark 9:2-9 Epiphany is about light, about illumination, and about revelation. Today’s gospel lesson brings the Epiphany season to a close. We have followed Jesus from his baptism through his […]
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Sermon for Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 7, 2021 B
Mark 1:29-39Isaiah 40:21-31 Today’s passage from Isaiah offers us a litany of the wondrous, universal attributes of God: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has is not been […]
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Sermon for Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, January 31, 2021 B
4 Epiphany – B January 31, 2021 Deut 18: 15-20, Ps 111, 1 Cor 8: 1-13, Mark 1: 21-28 It was a bright sunny day in Jamaica, and the streets […]
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Sermon for Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 24, 2021 B
Mark 1:14-20 Today’s Gospel reading is Mark’s incredibly brief account of Jesus’ calling of his first disciples. Having been empowered by the Spirit and tested by Satan, Jesus began his […]
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Sermon for Second Sunday after the Epiphany, January 17, 2021 B
John 1:43-51 For the next two Sundays, our Lectionary focuses on the Epiphany theme of responding to God’s call. The Old Testament passage describes the call of the boy Samuel, […]
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Sermon for First Sunday after the Epiphany, January 10, 2021, B
Mark 1:4-11 The feast of the Epiphany was last week, but we’re not finished with the epiphanies, revelations and manifestations of Jesus. There are three mysteries that celebrate the Lords’ […]