Easter Day Year C March 27, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26, John 20:1-18 It is such a small beginning: a woman and a man talking in a cemetery in the dark early on a Sunday morning. The woman is Mary of Magdala—Mary Magdalene. In movies she is usually...
Sermon Good Friday March 25, 2016 William Bradbury Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Psalm 22, Hebrews 10:16-25, or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 As I said on Sunday we are long accustomed to seeing crosses as works of art and as personal ornamentation. There is no shame or sorrow or surprise associated with them. As Americans, this...
Sermon Maundy Thursday March 24, 2016 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 Shortly after I joined Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of Georgia my freshman year, I had a discussion with a non-religious friend about proofs for the existence of God....
Sermon Palm Sunday—Year C March 20, 2016 William Bradbury The Passion according to Luke It interests me that both long-time members and newcomers to All Saints readily talk about the beautiful stone wall that rises above the altar, but they seldom mention the enormous wooden cross stuck right in the...
Holy Week 2016 A Word to the Church from the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church “We reject the idolatrous notion that we can ensure the safety of some by sacrificing the hopes of others.” On Good Friday the ruling political forces of the day tortured and executed an...
Sermon Lent 5—Year C March 14, 2016 William Bradbury Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 126, Philippians 3:4b-14, John 12:1-8 Our gospel today reminds us of the story in Luke 12 earlier in Jesus’ ministry, when Mary of Bethany (not to be confused with Mary the mother of Jesus, or Mary Magdalene, the...
Sermon Lent 4—Year C March 6, 2016 William Bradbury Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Luke’s prefaces our story today by saying: All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This...
Sermon Lent 3—Year C February 28, 2016 William Bradbury Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9 The people ask Jesus if those murdered by Pilate in the Temple were really bad people who deserved their fate. Jesus says, No, but unless you repent you will likewise perish. And then Jesus brings...
Sermon Lent 2—Year C February 21, 2016 William Bradbury Genesis 15:1-12,17-18, , Psalm 27, Philippians 3:17-4:1, Luke 13:31-35 Years ago I was at a single-A minor league baseball game in Kinston, North Carolina when the pitcher threw a wild pitch nearly hitting the batter in the head. The batter picked...
Sermon Lent 1—Year C February 14, 2016 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, a 30 year old nobody, is baptized by John in the Jordan and sees the heavens ripped open, feels the Spirit of God descend into his heart, and hears the voice of the Father...
