Sermon–William Bradbury Easter Sunday–April 21, 2019 Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26, John 20:1-18 When I was 5 my mother bought me a small yellow chick on Good Friday, but early on Easter morning, I remember walking into my parents room crying, as I carried the shoe box in which my...

Sermon Good Friday–April 19, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Psalm 22, Hebrews 10:16-25, John 18:1-19:42 Some people don’t have a clue about this day we call Good. I think of a couple in London I heard about years ago that was looking at some jewelry when the man pointed and said to his...

Sermon Maundy Thursday–April 18, 2019 William Bradbury Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14, Psalm 116:1, 10-17, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Things are not going well at the church in Corinth, not well at all! As Paul says right before the reading tonight:  “So when you get together in one place [for your communion...

Sermon Palm Sunday–April 14, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 22:14-23:56 Remember that picture from psychology class that at first glance is a vase; but then with some prodding from others, our vision shifts and the vase turns into a picture of two people facing each other? I want to...

  Sermon Lent 5—C, April 7, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 126, Philippians 3:4b-14, John 12:1-8 So I finally made the decision to attend my 50th high school reunion in Atlanta the weekend after Easter. I attended Westminster School for Boys, the Girls school was up the hill at that time, and...

(NOTE:  Due to technical problems, we were unable to record this sermon)   Sermon Lent 4-Year C–March 31, 2019 William Bradbury Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 “There was a man who had two sons.” Through the centuries we’ve disregarded this opening line by naming the parable after only one son,...

Sermon Lent 3—Year C–March 24, 2019 William Bradbury Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9 Interesting sentence Paul gives us today: “Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.” Paul is quoting Exodus...

Sermon 2 Lent—Year C/ March 17, 2019 William Bradbury Genesis 15:1-12,17-18, Psalm 27, Philippians 3:17-4:1, Luke 13:31-35 Today we overhear Paul speaking to the church in Philippi, which is in Northern Greece. About hundred years before Paul writes his letter, in 42 BC, after the death of Julius Caesar, there is a Roman civil...

Sermon Lent 1–March 10, 2019 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” We heard these words pronounced over us as a cross of ash was put on our foreheads. “Remember that you are dust”: This bears some thinking about. I remember...

Sermon Last Epiphany–March 3, 2019 William Bradbury Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99, 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Growing up in Atlanta we occasionally had snow, and every few years we’d have a big snow, but it was not until my late 20s that I experienced a whiteout. We were driving in the mountains...