April 2010
4 posts
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...
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...
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...
March 2010
2 posts
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...
3 Lent - C
Exodus 3:1-15
Psalm 63:1-8
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9
One of the churches I preached in regularly all three years I was in seminary was founded by five World War II widows. They founded that church “behind the scene” so to speak. In those days the church didn’t allow women to do much. They sewed altar linens and kneeling cushions with their own hands. They used their own money to...
February 2010
3 posts
2 Lent - C
You won’t believe what Mr. Morgan is trying to get me to agree to now. He says he wants a pigmy goat. He found out one of his distant cousins Raises them and they’re so cute and they make good pets.
I’ve been telling people for years, as a general rule (there are exceptions), but generally a marriage will fare better and last longer if both of you develop a habit of saying “yes” more than you...
1 Lent - C
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
Romans 10:8b-13
Luke 4:1-13
Oh that pesky devil! Always looking for an opportune time! My old hairdresser in Mountain Home said once that she believed the devil was alive and well and sitting in the front pew of all our churches on Sunday mornings. She isn’t Episcopalian. No one sits on the front pew in our churches.
While he was still dripping wet...
Ash Wednesday - C
Isaiah 58:1-12
Psalm 103:8-14
2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
My father was proficient at many things in his life. Buffoonery was one of them. He was a jokester, pulled pranks on everybody, and said some of the silliest little quips you’ve ever heard. Some of them aren’t fit to be shared but if you can bear a little buffoonery on Ash Wednesday, here’s one of them: Whenever my...