Category: Sermons

When I was in high school, I attended a youth group down at the Cathedral in Columbia, SC. It was a little like Adams Street Kids in that a group of churches got together to pool resources and hire a youth minister. The name of the youth group was TEAM, and all the churches that… Continue reading Clarity

ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY  You folks will remember that I coached lacrosse at the Academies for five years. I was an assistant coach for Varsity A and then Head coach for Varsity B. When they decided to combine the two into a single varsity team, I decided it was time for me to enjoy emeritus status… Continue reading This is Not a Game

When I was in high school, I attended a youth group down at the Cathedral in Columbia, SC. It was a little like Adams Street Kids in that a group of churches got together to pool resources and hire a youth minister. The name of the youth group was TEAM, and all the churches that… Continue reading Clarity

How would you feel if you were visiting Washington, D.C. and overheard someone prophecy, “This is a wicked city! It will be destroyed and leveled to the ground!” It might depend on whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, but most of us, regardless of political leanings, would hate to think of the collapse… Continue reading Deceivers

Last Tuesday was the Feast of James of Jerusalem. I decided to go with Hiram Kano for the homily Wednesday evening, but I have been thinking about James. James was described in the Gospels as the “brother of our Lord.” By tradition James was a child from a previous marriage of Joseph who would have… Continue reading Transformation

Jesus had twelve apostles, but we know very little about many of them. We know Matthew, the tax collector, of course. The Feast of St. Luke was last week, and we know a little about him. There is Doubting Thomas and Judas. The Big Three were Peter, James, and John. These three were the only… Continue reading The Servant’s Entrance

When I was in college, I had a roommate named Greg at one point. He was a pretty good roommate really, although he had a tendency to set early alarms and then hit the snooze button two or three times. He was a a philosophy major, and just in case anyone wonders what you can… Continue reading Church at the Park

I look at the Scriptures for the week and typically something speaks to me. I don’t know about you, but that whole Bathsheba story is a tough one on a bunch of levels. It is the car wreck we can’t make ourselves look away from on the highway. Last week, we read in Psalm 89… Continue reading You Don’t Always Get What You Want

Our Gospel lesson begins by saying that “the apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught.” You will remember two weeks ago, Jesus had called the twelve together. He gave them authority over unclean spirits, and then sent them out two by two. Now as the former classroom teacher,… Continue reading Rest

When my daughter Sarah was little, she often asked if someone was “the boss” of her. It is a great question, and one of those one you have to figure out as you grow up. Some people can tell you to clean up your room, and other people do not have that authority. The airport… Continue reading Time Will Tell