Sermon 9 Pentecost—11-C July 17, 2016 William Bradbury Amos 8:1-12, Psalm 52,  Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42 I was never a big fan of the movie Jaws, the 1975 Blockbuster, about a rampaging Great White shark off the east coast—but I love one line from the movie: Roy Scheider is throwing chum off...

Sermon 8 Pentecost—10-C July 10, 2016 William Bradbury Amos 7:7-17, Psalm 82, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37 The lawyer asks Jesus the same question the whole nation is struggling with, “And who is my neighbor?” Is a Black man selling CDs outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge my neighbor? Is a...

Sermon 7 Pentecost 9-C July 3, 2016 William Bradbury 2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30, Galatians 6:1-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 When I was doing my seminary fieldwork at St John’s, Georgetown, I became good friends with a woman who in the 1980s would be part of the advance team for President Reagan. When the...

Sermon 6 Pentecost—8-C June 26, 2016 William Bradbury 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14, Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20, Galatians 5:1,13-25, Luke 9:51-62 Swing low, sweet chariot! Great hymn based on our reading from 2 Kings where Elisha cries out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”  Clearly this is an indescribable...

Sermon 5 Pentecost–Proper 7-C June 19, 2016 William Bradbury 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a,  Psalm 42 and 43, Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 8:26-39 I first learned of the tragedy at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando as I drove from All Saints last Sunday on my way to my son’s house in Connecticut. 49 dead...

Sermon 4 Pentecost–Proper 6-C June 12, 2016 William Bradbury   1 Kings 21:1-21a, Psalm 5:1-8, Galatians 2:15-21, Luke 7:36-8:3 When we come into this world our parents already have a story about who we will be and as we grow up they tell us this story over and over: If our parents are...

Sermon 3 Pentecost—Proper 5-C June 5, 2016 William Bradbury   1 Kings 17:8-24, Psalm 146, Galatians 1:11-24, Luke 7:11-17 I spent several hours Friday night at my stepson’s graduation from Masconomet High School in Boxford. The band had to play “Pomp And Circumstance” for 30 minutes in order to get...

Sermon 2 Pentecost—Year C May 29, 2016 William Bradbury 1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 96, Galatians 1:1-12, Luke 7:1-10 My hometown of Atlanta was known in the 1960’s as “the city too busy to hate” because, unlike a number of southern and northern cities, Atlanta had not had any race riots. That is not...

Sermon Trinity Sunday May 22, 2016 William Bradbury Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, Psalm 8, Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15 Although we think we live in a secular culture people still manage to toss around the word ‘god’ quite a bit, sometimes as a cuss word, sometimes as a plea or a thanks,...

Sermon Pentecost May 15, 2015 William Bradbury   Acts 2:1-21, Romans 8:14-17, Psalm 104:25-35, 37, John 14:8-17, (25-27) Someone once said, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”. And that’s true: for instance everyone you meet is carrying the burden of having to die.  Everyone you meet struggles with...