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So, those were some interesting readings this morning, weren’t they? First, we have both the OT and Psalm readings from I Samuel: Hannah’s story; then the reading about Jesus being our high priest, and finally the Gospel reading about the destruction of the Temple. And actually, I think they all hang together pretty well. Let’s…

Today we are commemorating All Saints Day, a day when we remember all the people who have gone before us into death; so it is fitting that in all our readings today, except the psalm, death and tears are part of the conversation. So many of us can relate to Mary talking to Jesus in…

Prayer from Job 23 “Today also our complaint is bitter;your hand is heavy despite our groaning.Oh, that we knew where we might find you,that we might come even to your dwelling!we would lay our case before you,and fill our mouth with arguments.we would learn what you would answer us,and understand what you would say to…

If you died tomorrow, how would people describe you? Often eulogies gloss over a person’s imperfections and paint a rosy picture of a person’s life, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about after the funeral, maybe when the family and friends gather for a meal, how would they describe you? How would…

Quentin Tarantino is rumored to be working on a Star Trek movie. When I heard that, it struck me as odd. Of all the directors that could make a decent Star Trek movie, his name does not immediately come to mind. I think that he has made some great movies, and is an iconic director…

What does a wise person look like? Some of you maybe think that to be wise means you have to be really old and have a long gray beard. According to that definition, Ed is looking more and more wise each week! But being wise is more than being old, or having a beard! Many…

Many of us are familiar with the saying: Desperate times call for desperate measures. The mother in today’s Gospel reading was desperate. Her little daughter was demon possessed and it was going to kill the little girl if she didn’t get the help she needed. So as soon as she heard the Jewish teacher who…

Can we talk about the actor Ben Affleck a minute? He’s been in the news this week. I used to really like this guy! I loved the friendship he and Matt Damon had and their success together in the movie Good Will Hunting. I loved him in the movie Armageddon. I thought it was neat…

This has been a hard sermon for me to put together. And I’m not sure exactly why! Three weeks ago I began studying it and was really excited to be able to talk with you about the Eucharist. But as I began to put words and thoughts together this week, it just seemed clunky and…

As Christians we live with an inherent tension, it is a tension that is the result of our eschatology. What we believe about what happens when Christ returns shapes how we live now. We refer to this as the already and not yet kingdom of God. The starting point is actually at the end. We…