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Sermon for Sunday, March 17th 2024 – Lent 5 – Sir, we wish to see Jesus

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Fifth Sunday in Lent, rcl yr b, Sunday, March 17th, 2024JEREMIAH 31:31-34; PSALM 119:9-16; HEBREWS 5:5-10; JOHN 12:20-33 Sir, we wish to see Jesus You have to feel at least a little bit bad for the poor Greeks in today’s gospel reading. They were at the festival—probably among the Greeks who were drawn to Judaism—and […]

Sermon for Sunday, March 10th 2024 – Lent 4 – so must the Son of Man be lifted up

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Fourth Sunday in Lent, Sunday, March 10th, 2024NUMBERS 21:4-9; PSALM 107:1-3, 17-22; EPHESIANS 2:1-10; JOHN 3:14-21 so must the Son of Man be lifted up Our passage from John includes a verse that is perhaps the best known of all—John 3:16. I memorized it as a kid from the King James version of the Bible: […]

Sermon for Sunday, March 3rd 2024 – Lent 3 – But he was speaking of the temple of his body

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Third Sunday in Lent (Violet), rcl yr b, Sunday, March 3rd, 2024EXODUS 20:1-17; PSALM 19; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-25; JOHN 2:13-22 But he was speaking of the temple of his body So, when exactly does the clearing of the temple take place? Because it seems we have a disagreement at the highest of levels. Matthew’s Gospel […]

Sermon for Sunday, February 25th 2024 – Lent 2 – It will be reckoned to us

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Second Sunday in Lent; Sunday, February 25th, 2024GENESIS 17:1-7, 15-16; PSALM 22:22-30; ROMANS 4:13-25; MARK 8:31-38 It will be reckoned to us “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who […]

Sermon for Sunday, February 18th 2024 – Lent 1 – he time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news

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First Sunday in Lent, rcl yr b, Sunday, February 18th, 2024GENESIS 9:8-17; PSALM 25:1-10; 1 PETER 3:18-22; MARK 1:9-15 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;repent, and believe in the good news. (Mark 1:15) Each year, the clergy and deacons of the Niagara Diocese and the Eastern Synod meet at […]

Sermon for Wednesday, February 14th – Ash Wednesday

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February 14, 2023Ash Wednesday Friends, I’d like to weave together a few strands of life here at St John’s. A couple of weeks ago, Preston referred to Paul’s expression “I have become all things to all people.” He said, “Paul makes space for others; his method is sympathetic; he offers forbearance that serves the salvation […]

Sermon for Sunday, February 11th 2024

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Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transfiguration SundayFebruary 11th, 2024: Vestry Sunday2 KINGS 2:1-12; PSALM 50:1-6; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-6; MARK 9:2-9 Charge 2024 Last year at this time I was caught a bit short. In a good way. I realized that the charge I had given all years previous was roughly the same charge—and that I […]

Sermon for Sunday, February 4th 2024 – Epiphany 5 – I have become all things to all people

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Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany [Proper 5], rcl yr bSunday, February 4th, 2024ISAIAH 40:21-31; PSALM 147:1-12, 21C; 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16-23; MARK 1:29-39 I have become all things to all people One of the correspondents that used to cover Bill Clinton remarked once on what it was like to see the president emerge from intense conversations […]

Sermon for Sunday, January 21st 2024 – Epiphany 3 – repent, and believe in the good news

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The Third Sunday after the Epiphany [Proper 3] (Green)Sunday, January 21st, 2024JONAH 3:1-5, 10; PSALM 62:6-14; 1 CORINTHIANS 7:29-31; MARK 1:14-20 repent, and believe in the good news Dietrich Bonhoeffer, pastor and theologian, lived in Germany in a time after Adolph Hitler had risen to power; he was among the pastors who, in resisting National […]

Sermon for Sunday, January 14th 2024 – Epiphany 2

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January 14, 2023Epiphany 2 Friends, We are, in theory, in the early days of Mark’s Gospel. This is the year of Mark. Just as last year was the year of Matthew, and we read through Matthew from Sunday to Sunday, this year, we read through Mark. Except that we don’t. Not exactly. Because Mark is […]