February 28: The Second Sunday in Lent
Fred Shuttlesworth said, “You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live.” That’s exactly what Jesus tells his disciples through time in this passage. It’s what the church asks us to contemplate as we move toward the font at the Easter Vigil and engage this Lent in discipling not disciplining. That’s good news!
Lenten Book Study: The Cross and the Lynching Tree
As we continue our work of anti-racism and answering Jesus’ call “Follow me” we will be reading and discussing James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree, a pivotal work of Black Liberation Theology. This discussion will take place on Zoom. Feel free to join (using the same link) at either Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. or Thursday …
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February 21: The First Sunday in Lent
Disicpling, not disciplining. Spiritual disciplines, to grow as Jesus’ disciples. Growing as Jesus’ disciples, not punishing ourselves simply because it is Lent.
February 17: Ash Wednesday
The Rev. Joseph Peters-Mathews is the vicar of St. Hilda St. Patrick. The sermon for Ash Wednesday 2021, February 17, was based on the below manuscript. The sermon was written as a response to 2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10. Today in his second letter to the Corinthians,Paul writes a shorter versionof the invitation to a Holy Lent.“We …
February 14: The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
The Rev. Joseph Peters-Mathews is the vicar of St. Hilda St. Patrick. The sermon for February 14, was based on the below manuscript. The Biblical texts for the day were for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany. Today from the Hebrew Scriptureswe have Elisha saying goodbyeto Elijah.Elijah knows he’s leaving.Apparently the schools of prophetsthe congregations …
February 7th: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
I know that part of it is that I’m not resting enough. Part of it too, friends, is that I haven’t prayed enough. There’s so much work to do! How do I sit and breathe deeply to say Morning Prayer? Isn’t at least a cursory saying of the psalms enough? Turns out, no!
January 31st: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
I’m no sooner to blame every malady in the world on demons than I am to call every minor inconvenience a cross to bear. But what if we were to see that there are powers that seek to corrupt and destroy the creatures of God? I think we may well only be able to answer Jesus’ call and believe in his authority if we believe in his authority over something.
January 24th: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Jesus’ call to us, is the same as the call to these four: Repent, and believe the good news. The Kingdom of God has come near. What does that mean? It means looking for and noticing, all good gifts from God. It means paying attention to when we’re stirred up beyond our typical human selfishness, seeing light in the darkness, Jesus triumphing over sin and death even as we’re surrounded by it.
January 17th: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Jesus doesn’t tell those he calls, “Okay go figure it out.” Rather, Jesus says, “Follow me” with the assurance that there is a there there.