Sermon: 6 Pentecost—Year C—Proper 11 July 21, 2019 + William Bradbury Genesis 18:1-10a, Psalm 15, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42 Luke gives us a recognizable domestic scene. Martha, who owns the house, is getting things ready to lay a spread for Jesus and his disciples. Maybe she starts the preparations with a light heart. Perhaps...
Sermon 5 Pentecost—Proper 10-C July 14, 2019 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Psalm 25:1-9, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37 A Bible scholar asks Jesus, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus says, what is written in the Bible: What do you read there?” He answers, “You shall love the Lord your God...
Sermon 4 Pentecost—Proper 9—C July 7, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 66:10-14, Psalm 66:1-8, Galatians 6:(1-6)7-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 “The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.” Jesus is sending out the 70 in two-person advance...
Sermon–William Bradbury 3 Pentecost—Proper 8-C–June 30, 2019 1 Kings 19:15-16,19-21, Psalm 16, Galatians 5:1,13-25, Luke 9:51-62 Filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli died recently at the age of 96–most well-known for his classic 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet”. Recently I watched again another Zeffirelli film from 1972, “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” on the life of Saint...
Sermon 2 Pentecost—Year C–Proper 7 June 23, 2019 + William Bradbury Isaiah 65:1-9, Psalm 22:18-27, Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 8:26-39 For reasons that I hope become clear, I can’t help but think of the 2008 book, The Hunger Games, when I read today’s story of Jesus healing the demoniac. As one reviewer describes the book: “In...
Sermon 1 Pentecost—Year C– June 16, 2019 + Deacon Bruce Nickerson
Sermon–Day of Pentecost June 9, 2019 William Bradbury Acts 2:1-21, Genesis 11:1-9, Psalm 104:25-35, 37, Romans 8:14-17, John 14:8-17, (25-27) I remember a couple of years ago when my granddaughter, Eleanor, became interested in what she called chapter books. She had reached the age where short books were not capable of connecting with the...
Sermon–Ascension Day William Bradbury Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:44-53 She’s 93 years old and her coronation as Queen of the United Kingdom was on this day, June 2, 1953—66 years ago. When she dies, if she ever does, her son, Charles, Prince of Wales, now 70 years old,...
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Sermon Easter 6—Year C–May 26, 2019 William Bradbury Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, John 5:1-9 Way back in the late Sixties, my generation saw the crumble of the fairytales we had been raised on. We watched the Vietnam War escalating for no good purpose as our leaders lied to us. We...
