This sermon was originally preached at St. David’s By-the-Sea in Cocoa Beach, Florida on Sunday, September 15 2024 for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19B). The lessons assigned were: Proverbs 1:20-33; Psalm 19; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38. In July of 2015, Nigel Richards performed a feat so astounding it sent the internet into a … Continue reading Scrabble and The Word Made Flesh
This sermon was originally delivered at St. David’s By-the-Sea in Cocoa Beach Florida on September 8, 2024. The lessons were from Proper 18B (Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 125; James 2:1-17; Mark 7:24-37) In 1994, legendary country singer, Alan Jackson, famously announced: the whole world’s gone country. Country music seems to fall in and out … Continue reading This One’s for the Losers
nature of a covenant. No wonder Jesus is a priest in the line of Melchizedek forever and that he will reign on David’s throne, forever. Continue reading Stay Salty, My Friends
This sermon is from Sunday, September 5, 2021 and it was originally preached at St. David’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Cocoa Beach, FL. where I serve as Rector. The lessons were Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23, Psalm 125, James 2:1-17, and Mark 7:24-37. From the ages of 9-17, I attended a Christian summer camp … Continue reading Boasting of God’s Mercy
Lessons: Psalm 28, 1 Kings 8:65-9:9, James 2:1-14, Mark 14:66-72 (NRSV) Our Gospel text today is one of those “difficult” passages with almost no words of hope or comfort. I say almost because I actually think there is a great deal of comfort to be found in the final verse, but we don’t get the … Continue reading Peter’s Contrition – Tuesday Homily
