Date Preached: 09-21-2022 Place: A Parish - Celebration of New Ministry Readings: Proverbs 3:1-6; Psalm 119:33-40; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 9:9-13 Bearing Fruit             Early this Spring, Terri and I planted a few herbs in a small garden container on our back porch.  Even though we have had overwhelming heat and sun this summer, our herbs have grown faster than we can harvest and use.  Terri and I have nibbled on Thai Basil, regular basil, Thyme, parsley, and jalapenos

Date Preached: 09-25-22 Pentecost 16C Place: St. James, Antlers, OK Readings: Amos 6:1a,4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 Dives and Lazarus/Heaven and Hell             In today’s gospel reading, Jesus told a parable about a rich man and poor man whose paths in this life never crossed, but they should have.  The poor man Lazarus lived outside the opulent mansion of Dives and daily begged for the basics of life; the scraps from the rich man’s table.  Dives live

Date Preached: 01/23/22 Epiphany 3C Place: St. John's, Durant, OK Readings: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 INTRODUCTION             I read an interesting article the other day about body image, advertising, and the resultant effects on our spiritual, mental, and physical health. The article stated, “Although advertising aims to convince us to buy things, ads seldom portray people that look like us.”  The article also stated, “ Th

Date Preached: 01-30-22  Epiphany 4C Place: St Patrick's Episcopal Church, Broken Arrow, OK Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 God’s Mission of Love             If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am n

Date Preached: 02/6/22 Epiphany 5C Place: St. Mark's, Perry, OK Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13]; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Fishing in New Waters             Fishing used to be one of my favorite hobbies.  When I was a kid, we owned a beautiful boat, and we spent weekends on the lakes of East Tennessee, fishing and relaxing.  On my Dad’s farm we also had a pond stocked with Bream, Catfish, and Small Mouth Bass.  They were so abundant that a little corn on

Date Preached: 03/13/2022 Lent 2C Place: Resurrection Episcopal Church, OKC Readings: Genesis 15:1-12,17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 The Politics of Jesus             In Luke's gospel, we heard today, Jesus' was confronted by the politico/religious leaders of his day, who did not embrace him and disagreed with his teaching.  His way of love and grace was a threat to their way of power and influence in the community.  The Pharisees were not only respect