Fifth Sunday of EasterSunday, April 28, 2024The United Church of Santa Fe [Complete Texts in Greek, English (NRSV) (First Nations Version) are found following the Sermon.] + In nomine Domini. Amen. Each Winter while I was growing up on our farm in Pennsylvania, my Grandfather would choose a cold sunny morning and invite me to … Continue reading Entwined

Mark 1.1-8 1 Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ [υἱοῦ θεοῦ].2 Καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ, Ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου·3 φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, Ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ4 ἐγένετο Ἰωάννης [ὁ] βαπτίζων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας … Continue reading The Voice

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost(Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)Sunday, October 8, 2023The United Church of Santa Fe PRELUDE TO THE READING AND SERMON I am very honoured to be with you this morning in the absence of Rev. Talitha, who is away on travel. When Talitha asked me if I would preside and be the preacher … Continue reading No Other “gods”

Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)Sunday, September 24, 2023 Matthew 20.1-16 ‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. … Continue reading GRACE FROM THE VINEYARD

Sunday, August 27, 2023 "You are Christos — You are Petros" Matthew 16.13-2013Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου ἠρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγων, Τίνα λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου; 14οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, Οἱ μὲν Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν, ἄλλοι δὲ Ἠλίαν, ἕτεροι δὲ Ἰερεμίαν ἢ ἕνα τῶν προφητῶν. 15λέγει … Continue reading Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday, August 6, 2023 (The United Church of Christ; Santa Fe, New Mexico) PRELUDE I am very honoured to be your presiding and preaching pastor this morning in the absence of Rev. Talitha who was in Chicago yesterday at the memorial service for the beloved Rev. Betsy Beuschel. Let us pray: O God our creator … Continue reading God’s Mighty Word Proclaimed with Power and Conviction

Sermon # 2 for Pentecost VI (Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)Sunday, 9 July 2023 (10.30 am)Saint Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, NM Matthew 11.16-19 [20-24] 25-30 [Greek and English text follows the Sermon] Easy Yoke, Light Burden! + In nomine Domini. Amen. Today’s Sermon is about words. According to the Gospel Storyteller, Matthew, Jesus says to … Continue reading EASY YOKE, LIGHT BURDEN

Sermon # 2 for Pentecost VI (Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)Sunday, 9 July 2023 (10.30 am)Saint Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, NM Matthew 11.16-19 [20-24] 25-30 [Greek and English text follows the Sermon] Easy Yoke, Light Burden! + In nomine Domini. Amen. Today’s Sermon is about words. According to the Gospel Storyteller, Matthew, Jesus says to … Continue reading EASY YOKE, LIGHT BURDEN

Sermon # 1 for Pentecost VI (Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)Sunday, 9 July 2023 (8.15 am)Saint Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, NM Matthew 11.16-19 [20-24] 25-30 [Greek and English text follows the Sermon] + In nomine Domini. Amen. Preparing for this Sunday, I recalled the time when I served here at St. Luke’s as Associate Pastor. … Continue reading OY!

Sunday, April 30, 2023The United Church of Santa FeSanta Fe, New Mexico I had the honour of presiding and preaching at the Services in the absence of The Rev. Talitha Arnold, Minister of United Church. The text following is as it was printed in the Bulletin. The Greek will be found at the end of … Continue reading Fourth Sunday of Easter