Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany (February 20, 2022). The other day I learned a new concept, the “Leaden Rule.” As you might guess, this is kind of the inside-out of the Golden Rule, and the rule is this: When I’m at my worst, I do to others that which I most fear having done to me.

Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 9, 2021). When you hear the word joy, is there a person, living or dead, whose face comes to mind?

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent (February 28, 2021). I once heard a woman in recovery from addiction sum up her life in this way. “My life [in recovery] didn’t become a rose garden. But it became a life.”

In the wilderness? Surrounded by beasts? You are not alone. Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent (February 21, 2021).

When have you experienced a moment of being with the love of God? Sermon for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (February 14, 2021).