Sermon 10 Pentecost—Proper 15—A August 17, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:10-28 There’s been a lot of fierceness in the news this week: We’ve seen the fierceness of hate: ISIS fighters driving Yazidis out of their homes and into the mountains of northern...

Sermon 8 Pentecost—Proper 13-A August 3, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 17:1-7, 16 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 A wild friend of mine who is a recently minted Quaker pastor is getting married in a couple of weeks to a woman from Texas who is an opera singer in...

Sermon 7 Pentecost—Proper 12-A July 27, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis Psalm Romans 8: 26-39 Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all...

Sermon 6 Pentecost—Proper 11-A July 20, 2014 William Bradbury Genesis 28:10-19a Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-46 Jacob has every reason to be on the move. He’s stolen the blessing of his blind father Isaac which rightfully belongs to his older brother Esau and Esau is furious!...

Sermon 5 Pentecost—Proper 10-A July 13, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 25:19-34 Psalm 119:105-112 Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23   Jesus is talking to a crowd at the beach. He says, “Listen…a sower goes out to sow.” And what do we hear? From our perspective the sower is throwing...

Sermon 3 Pentecost—Proper 8-A June 29, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 Abraham is rightly called the Father of faith. In Genesis 15:6 the LORD tells Abraham his “descendants shall be as numerous as the stars”, and “Abraham believed the LORD; and the LORD...

Sermon 2 Pentecost Proper 7–Year A June 22, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39   As a young boy I got to ride the train by myself from Atlanta to Chattanooga to spend a week with my grandparents, which meant spending a week with...

Sermon Trinity Sunday (Year A) June 15, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 We’ve come a long way in the church year and now we’re at Trinity Sunday where all is summed up in the worship of God as Triune—as Tri-unity. The German...

June 8, 2014- Sermon by Rev. Christen Mills, newly ordained Deacon of the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Eastern Massachusetts and long-time member of All Saints’ church of Chelmsford, MA.

Sermon Easter 7—Year A June 1, 2014 William Bradbury   Acts 1:6-14  Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 Luke 24:44-53  (Gospel reading for Ascension Day)   After almost 7 weeks of Easter we come to the Ascension of Jesus. It’s a central story of the good news, but we’ve...