What’s Stopping You?
Galatians 5:1,13-25 Luke 9:51-62 Last week we identified two important questions, “What is your name?” and “What are you doing here” Building on those two questions “What is your name?” and “What are you doing here?” I asked you what your special name from God might be. Maybe God calls you “Crazy Brave”, “One with the sunset, “She who cooks open hearts” or “Greatly Loved.” Today we have a new question to consider. What is stopping you? What is stopping…
God’s Name for You
God’s Name for You 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 Today’s gospel reading raises as many questions as it answers. Questions like what happened to all the pig corpses? What about the livelihood of the pig farmers? does God hate pigs? and the more complex – if the demons went into the pigs rather than the abyss and then the pigs committed suicide – what happened to the demons? do demons drown? I…
Go!
Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17, (25-27) It’s always a little tricky doing a sermon series as we have been during Eastertide, because you never know whether the readings for the day will help or hinder your theme. Today they mesh perfectly because we have reached Go on the sevenfold Way of Love. In addition to each of the seven movements being inter-related, Turn and Learn form a pair as do Prayer and Worship, and now Bless and Go. Last week Barry…
The Blessing of Christ
Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53
Privileged to Worship the God of Love
Photo by Ian Schneider @ unpslash.com Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 Psalm 67 One of Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry’s ‘Way of Love’ practices for a Jesus-Centered Life is “Worship.” We at St. Benedict’s, myself included, are very privileged to have this time together each week to worship God in the beauty of Holiness and to be nourished by God’s Holy Spirit. And speaking of privilege, I must say, it is a privilege to be privileged. As a white-male,…
The Way of Love – Worship
By Jim Arnold May 26, 2019
The Way of Love – Prayer
Acts 11:1-18 John 13:31-35 Millions of people were inspired by the sermon our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, preached at the royal wedding last year. So much so that this week he received an award for it. In his sermon, Bishop Curry quoted Martin Luther King jr who said, “We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world, for love is the only…
The Way of Love: Learn
Photo by Aaron Burden on unsplash.com John 10:22-30 I’d like you to take a moment to identify someone in the church that you don’t know very well. It may be that you know their name but not much else, or perhaps you don’t even know their name yet. And I’d like you to take just a moment to imagine a conversation with them. You would probably ask them a few questions about themselves – what might you ask? … so…
The Way of Love – Turn
Photo by Dewang Gupta@unsplash.com Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) John 21:1-19 I wonder who was the most astonished; Saul – soon to be known as Paul – when the light flashed from heaven and the voice said “Saul, “Saul, why do you persecute me?”; Ananias when he had a vision telling him to go minister to Saul; or the disciples when they saw Jesus and pulled in an overflowing netfull of fish. God broke through into all their lives in unexpected and…
Being Apostles
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