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...

Sermon Trinity Sunday May 31, 2015 William Bradbury   Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 or Canticle 2 or 13 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 In 2009 in the UK a group of atheists decided to announce their version of the good news, so “They paid for large advertisements on London buses, which...

Sermon Day of Pentecost–Year B May 24, 2015 William Bradbury   Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104: 25-35,37 Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The Day of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, is the day we celebrate the power of God manifest in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and how, with...

Sermon Ascension Day May 17, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 My four year old granddaughter created this game last summer called Farm Restaurant: I sit on a stone bench next to a side door of the garage as she stands in...

Sermon Easter 6—Year B May 10, 2015 William Bradbury   Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Well, it’s finally springtime and high school juniors and seniors are attending their Proms, so love is in the air. Do you remember your first “true love”? And it may not...

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. Have you ever had the chance to lie down in a green pasture? I have. For 8 summers I went to Girl Scout...

Sermon Easter 5 May 3, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:24-30 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 So how will we understand this passage I’ve just read about the true vine, the vinegrower, and the branches that Jesus tells at the Last Supper? We will understand it according to the...

Sermon Easter 3 April 19, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 Have you ever wondered why in the stories of the resurrection the angels at the empty tomb keep saying “Do not be afraid” and the risen Jesus in the upper room keeps saying,...

Sermon Easter 2 April 12, 2015 William Bradbury   8 AM                                                  10 AM Acts 4:32-35                                     Matthew 28:1-8 Psalm 133                                          John 20: 13-18 1 John 1:1-2:2                                  Luke 24:36-43 John 20:19-31                                   John 20:29-29 The pomp and circumstance are gone—as are the crowds. On Easter in the south we’d have the children bring...

Sermon Easter Day—Year B April 5, 2015 William Bradbury   Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 John 20:1-18 The gospel today begins with tears in the dark at a tomb, not a promising start for good news. We’ve all been there: On most trips to Atlanta I visit...