Sermon Lent 2—Year A March 12, 2017 William Bradbury Genesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17, John 3:1-17 In the Oscar nominated movie “Lion”, based on the true story from the book A Long Way Home, a poor five year old Indian boy named Saroo gets tired of waiting for his...
Sermon Lent 1—Year A, March 5, 2017 William Bradbury Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Psalm 32, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 As the story goes, Adam and Eve are living in a paradise with every need met. They are not tempted by the terrifying voice of a demon to anger or violence; or passion...
Sermon Last Epiphany ,February 26, 2017 William Bradbury Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 2, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9 I’ve been noticing lately TV commercials by a company called Ancestry encouraging folks to sign up for DNA testing to uncover what they call “your ancestry mix”, covering 26 ethnic regions. My mother would have...
Sermon 7 Epiphany—Year A, February 19, 2017 William Bradbury Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18, Psalm 119:33-40, 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23, Matthew 5:38-48 I heard someone the other day say they wish they had been around in 1st century Palestine so they could have known Jesus personally. I admit this would have been an amazing experience though I suspect...
Sermon 6 Epiphany—Year A February 12, 2017 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119:1-8, 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Matthew 5:21-37 It’s always dangerous to take scripture out of context, and certainly this is especially true with today’s passage about anger and lust. The first thing to remember is that Jesus is talking...
Sermon 5 Epiphany—Year A February 5, 2017 William Bradbury Isaiah 58:1-9a, [9b-12], Psalm 112:1-9, (10), 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, [13-16], Matthew 5:13-20 Melissa Thompson asked me last week if I would be wearing any Falcons gear to the parish breakfast this morning. I said if I had any I’d gladly wear it...
Sermon Epiphany 4—Year A January 29, 2017 William Bradbury Micah 6:1-8, Psalm 15, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Matthew 5:1-12 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are those who mourn, blessed are those who have no power, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice….” And I’m wondering what does it mean to be...
Sermon Epiphany 3—Year A January 22, 2017 William Bradbury Isaiah 9:1-4, Psalm 27:1, 5-13, 1 Corinthians 1:10-18, Matthew 4:12-23 At the age of 26 Michelangelo carved one of his greatest sculptures: the 17 foot tall statue of David, shepherd and king of Israel. It is said that the block of...
Sermon: 2 Epiphany—Year A–January 15, 2017 William Bradbury Isaiah 49:1-7, Psalm 40:1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42 In 2008 Stephanie and I went to see her sister in San Francisco and we spent one lovely afternoon touring Alcatraz Island on which sits the infamous federal prison, which operated from 1933 to...
Sermon 1 Epiphany—Year A January 8, 2017 William Bradbury Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 29, Acts 10:34-43, Matthew 3:13-17 We talked a lot about John the Baptizer in Advent but here he is again announcing that the one coming after him will be greater than he is. John expects Jesus will be...
