Sunday, July 7, 2024Seventh Sunday after PentecostSt. Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, NM Ezekiel 2:1-5 He [the VOICE] said to me: “O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.” 2 And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him … Continue reading God’s Mighty Word Preached with Power and Conviction

Sixth Sunday of EasterThe United Church of Santa Fe10 o'clock Service [Appointed readings follow the Homily.] + In nomine Domini. Amen. Three short phrases — We see them every Sunday morning. We observe them each time we pass by the property of this congregation. They are on the masthead of the Newsletter, we find them … Continue reading Walk the Road of Love with Each Other

Sixth Sunday of EasterThe United Church of Santa Fe8.30 am Contemplative Communion [Readings for this Sunday follow the Homily] + In nomine Domini. Amen. Many years ago, in the early seasons of my Ordained Life, my wife and I were stranded in southeastern Pennsylvania during one of the climactic Snowstorms in February. In fact, it … Continue reading CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNION

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