Sermon 24 Pentecost—Proper 28-A-2 November 19, 2017 William Bradbury Zephaniah 1:7,12-18, Psalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 12, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30 I want to go against the flow today. After 2000 years this parable has become so domesticated that it’s little more than a story for our kids: God is the man who gives...
Sermon 23 Pentecost—Proper 27-A November 12, 2017 William Bradbury Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16, Psalm 70, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13 “Whoever you are, wherever you are on your journey of faith, come to the holy table.” That’s the invitation given at Holy Eucharist at All Saints’. Considering the parable we just heard we might...
Sermon 21 Pentecost Proper 25-A-2 October 29, 2017 William Bradbury Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18, Psalm 1, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Matthew 22:34-46 On October 31, 1517, 500 years ago, a young Roman Catholic monk, named Martin Luther, nailed 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, calling for a debate in the Church on the...
All Saints’ former Rector, E. Tom Barrington, visited and preached here on October 22nd, 2017 as part of our 150th year celebration. Rev. Barrington was the Rector here at All Saints’ Chelmsford from September 1999 to January 2012.
Sermon 19 Pentecost—23-A October 15, 2017 William Bradbury Isaiah 25:1-9, Psalm 23, Philippians 4:1-9, Matthew 22:1-14 There are two ways to refuse an invitation. One, which is the most honest, is to just turn it down and don’t go in the first place. A king is throwing a big banquet for...
Sermon 18 Pentecost—22-A October 8, 2017 William Bradbury Isaiah 5:1-7, Psalm 80:7-14, Philippians 3:4b-14, Matthew 21:33-46 Ten years ago Stephanie and I spent a few days with her sister in San Francisco. One afternoon we drove north to Sonoma County in the Russian River Valley to visit a small family...
Sermon Creation Care Sunday October 1, 2017 William Bradbury Genesis 2:18-25, Psalm 148:7-14, Revelation 5:11-14, Matthew 6: 25-33 I grew up at 1661 Mt. Paran Road, in northwest Atlanta. Our simple house had three bedrooms and a half finished basement. In the front yard we’d play football and in the woods in back...
All Saints’ former Rector, Paul Twelves, visited and preached here on September 24th, 2017 as part of our 150th year celebration. Rev. Twelves was the Rector here at All Saints’ Chelmsford for 20 years from 1954 to ~1974/75.
Sermon 15 Pentecost—19-A September 17, 2017 William Bradbury Genesis 50:15-21, Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13, Romans 14:1-12, Matthew 18:21-35 In the 1986 movie The Mission: Rodrigo Mendoza, played by Robert De Niro, is a former slave trader and mercenary, who spends years capturing the native Guarani people of Brazil and selling them...
Sermon 14 Pentecost—18-A, September 10, 2017 William Bradbury Ezekiel 33:7-11, Psalm 119:33-40, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20 You know the old story: man shipwrecked on a desert island for 20 years. Finally, rescuers arrive. They ask, “How’d you survive all alone on this tiny island?” He says, Follow me! So he shows them the little hut...
