Sermon 9 Pentecost–Proper 12-B July 26, 2015 William Bradbury 2 Samuel 11:1-15 Psalm 14 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 “Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted….[until they] were satisfied.” In the...
Sermon 8 Pentecost—Proper 11-B July 19, 2015 William Bradbury 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Psalm 89:20-37 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 On Wednesday I spent the day with my 15 year old nephew at Stone Mountain Park which is just 30 minutes east of downtown Atlanta. On one hand, it is...
Sermon 7 Pentecost—Proper 10-B July 12, 2015 William Bradbury 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 Do you find what we just did a bit odd? We heard the story of how John the Baptizer was beheaded by the petty tyrant Herod Antipas, not because he wanted...
Sermon 5 Pentecost—Year B June 28, 2015 William Bradbury 2 Samuel 1, 17-27 Psalm 130 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5: 21-43 Do you like oysters? As a kid in Atlanta, I thought they were slimy and uneatable. I didn’t know that the Old Testament said all shell fish...
Sermon 4 Pentecost—Year B June 21, 2015 William Bradbury 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 10-16 Psalm 133 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Mark 4:35-41 The trip starts calmly enough: after all Peter, Andrew, James, and John are fishermen—I’m sure they say as they shove off, “We’ve got this, Jesus, go ahead and take a...
Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of yesterday’s shootings in Charleston, S.C., and to their families, the people of Emanuel A.M.E. Church and the wider Charleston community. This horrific event comes in the wake of our sorrow over the murder of Jonathan Dos Santos, the teen gunned down...
Sermon 3 Pentecost—Year B June 14, 2015 William Bradbury 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Psalm 20 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 Mark 4:26-34 One summer Sunday five years ago while I was rector of Grace Church, New Bedford, the actor Sam Waterston, in a seersucker suit, showed up to worship with us. One of...
It is hard to believe that we are already at the end of the program year! What a great year it was! Please enjoy the June edition of our Church School Newsletter. Our monthly newsletters will take a break over the summer but will be back in September. Have a...
Forum Notes What is the Good News? William Bradbury June 7, 2015 I. Introduction: (The following quotes are from the wonderful new book, which is written for folks like us, by N. T. Wright, Anglican bishop and preeminent New Testament scholar: Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and...
Sermon 2 Pentecost—Year B June 7, 2015 William Bradbury 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 11:14-15 Psalm 138 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 It’s hard to keep your head when everyone is talking about you. Every month some celebrity from Hollywood or politician from Washington goes off the deep end or stops just...
