Sunday, October 5, 2025United Church of Santa Fe MATTHEW 6.25-33 25 Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν τί φάγητε [ἢ τί πίητε,] μηδὲ τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν τί ἐνδύσησθε· οὐχὶ ἡ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος;26 ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν οὐδὲ … Continue reading Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Saint Francis of Assisi)
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
United Church of Santa FeSunday, August 31, 2025 LUKE 14.7-14 7 Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παραβολήν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων πρὸς αὐτούς,8 Ὅταν κληθῇς ὑπό τινος εἰς γάμους, μὴ κατακλιθῇς εἰς τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν, μήποτε ἐντιμότερός σου ᾖ κεκλημένος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ,9 καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον, … Continue reading Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 20, 2025All Saints Lutheran ChurchRio Rancho, New Mexico A Tale of Three Women: (Sarah, Mary, and Martha) Genesis 18:1-10a The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near … Continue reading Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 6, 2025Saint Luke's Lutheran Church308 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 Lambs in the Midst of Wolves (or "Satan and Snakes and Scorpions, Oh my!) [NOTE: This Sermon was preached also in a slightly different way at The United Church of Santa Fe on Sunday, June 29, 2025. *The Greek and English … Continue reading Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
The Fifty Days of Easter, 2025
Easter is a Season, not one day, and will last this year until the Feast of Pentecost on June 8. The following (sung to The Twelve Days of Christmas) is offered in joyful delight. ♪♫ ♪♫ ON THE FIRST DAY of Easter, my true love gave to me: an Easter Lily with a coloured Egg. … Continue reading The Fifty Days of Easter, 2025
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Here Comes the Paraclete! Sunday, May 25, 2025 (Bethlehem Lutheran Church; Los Alamos, NM) JOHN 14.23-31 [Note: The Appointed Gospel text in the Lectionary for Easter 6 ends at verse 29. Why? The last two verses (30, 31) are not only precious, they are essential to the story. Thus, they are added for this Sermon. … Continue reading Sixth Sunday of Easter
Second Sunday of Easter (Bright Sunday/Holy Hilarity) Sermon #2
Sunday, April 27, 2025St. Luke Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, NM8.15 am Service PALM 118.14 - 29 14 The Lord is my strength and my song, and has become my salvation. 15 Shouts of rejoicing and salvation echo in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord acts valiantly! 16 The right hand of the Lord is … Continue reading Second Sunday of Easter (Bright Sunday/Holy Hilarity) Sermon #2
Second Sunday of Easter (Bright Sunday)Sermon Number 1 (Saturday)
Saturday, April 26, 2025St. Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, NM5 pm. ACTS 5.27-32 27 Ἀγαγόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ. καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς28 λέγων, [Ὀυ] παραγγελίᾳ παρηγγείλαμεν ὑμῖν μὴ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ; καὶ ἰδοὺ πεπληρώκατε τὴν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῆς διδαχῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ βούλεσθε ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου.29 ἀποκριθεὶς … Continue reading Second Sunday of Easter (Bright Sunday)Sermon Number 1 (Saturday)
The Fox in the Henhouse
Second Sunday in Lent (March 16, 2025)The United Church of Santa FeSanta Fe, NM Luke 13.31-35 31 Ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθάν τινες Φαρισαῖοι λέγοντες αὐτῷ, Ἔξελθε καὶ πορεύου ἐντεῦθεν, ὅτι Ἡρῴδης θέλει σε ἀποκτεῖναι.32 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πορευθέντες εἴπατε τῇ ἀλώπεκι ταύτῃ, Ἰδοὺ ἐκβάλλω δαιμόνια καὶ ἰάσεις ἀποτελῶ σήμερον καὶ αὔριον, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ … Continue reading The Fox in the Henhouse
The Sermon on the Plain: Part Two (Jesus’ State of the Union Address)
Sunday, February 23, 2025The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany (Sexagesima)Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLos Alamos, NM [NOTE: appointed readings follow the Sermon] EXCURSUS Once again, I begin with an Excursus. If last Sunday was Septuagesima (i.e. 70 days before Easter), then this Sunday is Sexagesima (60 days before Easter). And that means next Sunday will be Quinquagesima … Continue reading The Sermon on the Plain: Part Two (Jesus’ State of the Union Address)
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