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

Sunday, February 12, 2023Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLos Alamos, NM Our Common Lectionary provides this Gospel Text for this Sunday in English, following the excellent translation found in the: New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. However, I find the following text in English (by Eugene H. Peterson of Blessed Memory) an incredible and insightful translation from … Continue reading Sixth Sunday of Epiphany

Sunday, 22 January 2023The United Church of Santa Fe The Greek Text and English translation may be found at the end of the Sermon. + In nomine Domini. Amen. If you happen to be in Israel and place your feet on the edge of the shore of the northern end of the Sea of Galilee, … Continue reading A New Kind of Fishing

Advent III Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLos Alamos, NMSunday, 11 December 2022 Matthew 11.2-11 2Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ 3εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἕτερον προσδοκῶμεν; 4καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ βλέπετε: 5τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν καὶ χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, … Continue reading The Dorian Mode, John the Baptist,and Jesus

Seventh Sunday after PentecostSunday, July 24, 2022 St. Luke Lutheran ChurchAlbuquerque, NM Luke 11.1-13 1Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τόπῳ τινὶ προσευχόμενον, ὡς ἐπαύσατο, εἶπέν τις τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν, Κύριε, δίδαξον ἡμᾶς προσεύχεσθαι, καθὼς καὶ Ἰωάννης ἐδίδαξεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ. 2εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, Οταν προσεύχησθε, λέγετε, Πάτερ, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου: … Continue reading Our Father (Sermon for Pentecost VII)

Luke 10.38-42 38Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι Μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν. 39καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ. 40ἡ δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, Κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου … Continue reading Half a Century

​אַחֲרֵי מוֹת Friday, 29 April 2022 Temple Beth Shalom; Santa Fe, NM Leviticus 16.1 – 18.30 It was the conclusion of a Friday Night Service several weeks ago, as I went up to Cantor Lianna Mendelson to thank her for her particularly incisive and inclusive Sermon that evening. Cantor Lianna asked me, “So, would you … Continue reading Acharei Mot