Sermon All Saints’ Sunday November 2, 2014 William Bradbury   Revelation 7:9-17 Psalm 34:1-10, 22 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12 I always experience a cognitive dissonance on All Saints’ Day. On one hand, we are told in the passage from Revelation that the saints of God are those who “who...

Sermon 20 Pentecost—Proper 25-A October 26, 2014 William Bradbury     Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Ps 90:1-6, 13-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 Rabbis tell us that there are 613 commandments in their Scriptures—and all 613 come from God, not as a burden, but as a gift—for when we know the mind...

Sermon 19 Pentecost—Proper 24-A October 19, 2014 William Bradbury  Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 In today’s hyperventilated 24/7 “gotcha politics” media environment the question would have been: Okay, Jesus we know you’re slick but since you’ve recently driven out the money changers from the temple it’s...

Sermon 18 Pentecost—Proper 23-A October 12, 2014 William Bradbury   Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 Years ago I was talking with a friend of mine, a good ole boy in Augusta, Georgia called Mr. John. He was telling me about a house wiring project he was...

Sermon Creation Care Sunday October 5, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 1:20-25 Canticle: A Song of Creation II Romans 8: 18-25 Matthew 6:25-34 Back 13 years ago there was an exceptionally bright boy in my son’s high school class. I asked his mother what it was like to raise such a...

Sermon 16 Pentecost—Proper 21-A September 28, 2014 William Bradbury     Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 78 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21: 23-32    Paul proclaims today:  “…at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ...

Sermon 15 Pentecost—Proper 20-A September 21, 2014 William Bradbury     Exodus 16:2-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16   I was watching Ken Burns new multi-part film called “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” when he was showing the horror of the Great Depression: 30% unemployment. Bread and soup...

Sermon 14 Pentecost—Proper 19-A September 14, 2014 William Bradbury   Exodus 14:19-31 Psalm 114 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35   Every Sunday we say in the Creed: We believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and then, in the Lord’s Prayer, we say “forgive us our sins as we...

Sermon 13 Pentecost—Proper 18-A September 7, 2014 William Bradbury       Exodus 12:1-14 Psalm 149 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you…” Two weeks ago we looked at the image of the church as living stones built up and held together...

Sermon 11 Pentecost—Proper 16-A August 24, 2014 William Bradbury     Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 124 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 Richard Rohr says that one of his staff members at the Center for Action and Contemplation has a neighbor in south Albuquerque, who is a devout Catholic: this neighbor attends Mass...