Sermons on Spiritual Life (Page 12)
Disagreeing is also Love
Yesterday I spoke at a rally in San Luis Obispo protesting the probable end of Roe v Wade. This is some of what I said, “In the ancient stories we hear that God gave humanity free will. God gave us the power to choose, and God rejoices when we use that power for the highest good of all beings. God also gives us consciences and it is in the interplay of conscience and freewill that God gives each one of…
A Call to Love!
Reading: John 21:1-19; Easter 3/C By the Rev. Karen Faye Siegfried When you woke up this morning, did you remember it was the third Sunday of Easter, that joyful season when we celebrate resurrection, new life, and a renewed hope for the future? If so, perhaps you pulled back the covers, placed your feet on the floor and exclaimed, “Alleluia, Christ is risen” or quietly murmured, “Today is a good day to have a great day!” Maybe as you made…
The Entire Universe is Standing on Tiptoe
“The entire universe is standing on tiptoe, yearning to see the unveiling of God’s glorious sons and daughters!” Wow! The entire universe is waiting for us to get our act together?
Resurrection, here and now
What if the spiritual realm is where everything is really happening and we are living a temporary existence in which the spiritual keeps breaking though rather like a daffodil breaking through the soil in the spring? And what if resurrection has totally happened on a spiritual level and is trying to break through and manifest in our lives every moment?
The Foolishness of Christ Crucified
In some way which we cannot fathom, Christ crucified goes directly to the heart of the darkness of the human condition, and turns everything inside out, making it right – bringing the Christ light to the heart of darkness.
Recognizing God
Mary Magdalene did not recognize Jesus until he spoke to her. We often miss God because we expect God’s voice to be bigger or more cosmic, yet if God is as close as our breath then God’s voice may be as quiet as our breath. The amazing thing about the resurrection is how it shows us God’s unquenchable, astonishing love. Let us decide to live every day in the full knowledge of that love.
Maunday Thursday Homily (Corinthians 11.7-34)
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Good Friday Sermon
Christ crucified is a manifestation of God’s unquenchable and unfathomable love for humanity. Why exactly the Christ dove into the heart of human darkness we cannot say with any certainty except that God used it to turn our darkness into the light of the resurrection.
Bread and Roses
Money for the poor or an extravagant perfume for Jesus? Maybe this is a false choice – it’s like the suffragette meme “bread and roses.” A complete human life needs both and so our ministry to ourselves and others is not money for the poor OR the fragrance of God’s love but a grace-filled combination of the two.