Sermons (Page 51)

Sermons (Page 51)

Seventh Sunday of Advent

“Last week you may remember Mary was singing a song of praise to God about what God was doing in her and the world. Well, This week, we find her at quite a different place, we find her BEFORE those rebelliously joyous words of the Magnificat even occurred to her. She has just received a visit from Gabriel, a messenger of God, and before she says “let it be” she is wondering, “ How can this be?!” She is at the cross section of confusion and fear of what this news means…”

Fifth Sunday of Advent

Last week, we began a new lectionary year that focuses on the gospel of Mark. Last week, we also had a much better preacher, Bishop Curry. And Bishop called our attention to Jesus’s words in Mark’s gospel to “keep alert” and “keep awake” (Mark 13:37). Keep awake and be ready. Keep alert and look for the time. Then, today, we jumped back to the beginning of Jesus’s ministry. To the very first verse of Mark. To “the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ” (Mark 1:1)…