Macy Mae’s baptism. St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. Easter Vigil, April 3, 2010. “Macy, you are the light of the world! Let your light shine before others so they may see the Christ in you!”
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Easter 2 C April 11, 2010
Easter 2 C
April 11, 2010
Acts 5:27-32
Psalm 150
Revelation 1:4-8
John 20:19-31
When I was growing up in Little Rock one of my favorite places to go was the McArthur Park museum. In those days, we learned about the history of near and far places of the world from books, reel to reel movies, and what our teachers told us. A visit to a museum allowed us to see very old things or replicas of very old things with our own eyes. That gave us three dimensional images to support what we learned in other ways. For me, seeing the displays in the museum confirmed what I read in books and made it easier to believe. The only thing I didn’t like about museums, and still don’t, is that you can’t touch anything. Everything is either roped off or in a glass case. Like most children, I could see better with my hands. I’m still like that.
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Sermon - Easter Day 2010
Easter Day C
April 4, 2010
Acts 10:34-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Corinthians 15:19-26
John 20:1-18
A mother likes to hear from her grown children every so often to know they’re okay. Some of them are good at that. Some aren’t. I once got so frustrated with one of mine I called him and left him a voicemail message: “Son, if you’re not dead, you better call your Mama….. today!” He did call later that day but I missed it. So he left me a message. In an exuberant voice, he said, “Hey Mom, I’m ALIVE!!” I would rather have talked to him in person. But in lieu of that, a vibrant proclamation that he was alive did put my mind at ease.
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Sermon - Good Friday 2010
Good Friday Year C
April 2, 2010
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 22
Hebrews 10:1-25
John 19:1-37
George came to us when the scent of our female dog lured him to the back door. And he stayed, and stayed and stayed, long after her scent faded. For some reason, he chose us to be his people. George was a straggly, not at all handsome, mutt of a dog. It was obvious though, by his appearance and the way he behaved, that he had some German shepherd somewhere in his line.
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5 Lent - C
Isaiah 43:26-21
Psalm 126
Philippians 3:4b-14
John 12:1-8
You all know by now that I love to send e-cards. I can wait until the last minute to send an e-card and it gets there on time. I like that. One year I sent one to our former bishop, Larry Maze on his birthday. It was the best birthday e-card ever! The background music was from the old 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The first screen said, “Forget the past. You can’t change it.” The next one said, “Forget the future. It isn’t here yet.” And the last one said, “Forget the present. I didn’t get you one.”
The past, the present, and the future all make up the huge arena where life is lived. In this snippet of John’s Gospel there is an interesting interplay between the past, the present, and the future. Each character in the story has his or her attention focused on the past, the present, or the future in the life of Jesus.
