Frank Preaches About Being Attracted to Church
This is based on a homily I preached at the Friday Eucharist in the chapel of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church on December 15, 2023. Friday in Advent Week 2 (6)…
This is based on a homily I preached at the Friday Eucharist in the chapel of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church on December 15, 2023. Friday in Advent Week 2 (6)…
October 4 is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi (1182--1226), one of the most winsome saints in the Christian calendar. Many churches have a blessing of animal in…
I have argued that the Feast of Corpus Christi, now called the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Roman Catholic Church, should be celebrated in Lutheran…
The Sunday after Pentecost in the Western liturgical calendar is the Festival of the Holy Trinity. Preachers often say that it’s the only Sunday of the year in which we…
What is the relationship between Palm Sunday and the Passion? I have heard pastors complain that the movement from “Hosanna!” to “Crucify him!” is too abrupt, that Jesus’s entry into…
June has been traditionally the month for weddings. I am posting here a sermon I preached in 2021 based on lectionary readings that came up later in the summer. Texts:…
The parable of the prodigal son was the Gospel on the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C. I gave it an environmental twist and present it here at the beginning…