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Sermon notes, the Confession of Peter (Preached at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church/St Louis, January 15, 2012) The Gospels contain a veritable solar system of personalities. At the center, of course, is Jesus, the Sun around whom all others revolve. He is the Alpha and Omega, the focus and the reason for the story. In . . . → Read More: Sermon notes: the Confession of Peter SERMON NOTES, CHRISTMAS DAY (10 a.m. December 25, 2011, St. Peter’s/St. Louis) “But Mary treasured all these words, and pondered them in her heart.” It is the morning after the most momentous night in human history, an event bearing layer upon layer of symbolism and meaning: the birth of Jesus, the Messiah, the King . . . → Read More: Sermon notes: The next morning Sermon notes, Advent I, Year B (11/27/11). Preached at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church/St. Louis Well, wasn’t that a cheery set of readings? Third Isaiah calls on God to rip open the heavens, and confesses that we have all sinned, horribly. Mark speaks of the approaching end of the world, and warns that no one . . . → Read More: Sermon notes: Keep awake! Due to a minor catastrophe a couple of months back - a bathtub pipe, improperly soldered 26 years ago, gave way, leading to an unanticipated construction project - I have become abruptly acquainted with tiles: types of tiles, their sizes and shapes and colors; the basics of installing tiles, and of removing their predecessors; . . . → Read More: Taking note When we moved into this house twenty years ago there was a eucalyptus tree in the back garden, just opposite the kitchen window, a tall, feathery, graceful thing, whose light branches filtered the sunshine without blocking it out. Over the years it grew taller, and it became obvious that it was too near the . . . → Read More: Life and death in the garden Sermon notes, Proper 21, Year A (Preached at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church/St Louis, September 25, 2011) God has been beyond generous to us in all things, from the Creation in which we live to the small blessings of our everyday lives. But God’s most extravagant gift to us was to become human, as one . . . → Read More: Sermon notes: Generosity 9/11 flag display at dawn in Forest Park. Photo © 2011 J.B. Forbes. Used by permission. The morning was sunny and clear, a golden day in early fall very much like that one ten years ago. This time, though, there were no sudden shocks, no new terror, just memory and mourning for people, . . . → Read More: 9/11/11 The last batch of this summer’s fledglings arrived at the feeders last week, seeming even younger and less ready than their predecessors from earlier in the summer. To the casual observer they look like adults, but they’re clumsy and not quite certain of themselves. When they perch, they flex, and the gray-white pinfeathers that . . . → Read More: Fledglings Sermon notes, Proper 17, Year A (Preached at St. Peter’s/Ladue, August 28, 2011) How should Christians live? It’s a question that’s been asked and discussed for almost two millennia. But in today’s lectionary reading from the Epistle to the Romans, Paul provides us with a handy template that still holds true. At first glance, . . . → Read More: Sermon notes: How should Christians live? We’ve had riots before in the United Kingdom, local outbreaks fuelled by tensions within a community that suddenly reach breaking point. These were different. They started in a standard way: a man was shot by the police in North London, a group of local people staged a peaceful protest, other people with less peaceful . . . → Read More: After the riots |
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