Sermon 7 Pentecost—Proper 10-B July 12, 2015 William Bradbury 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 Do you find what we just did a bit odd? We heard the story of how John the Baptizer was beheaded by the petty tyrant Herod Antipas, not because he wanted...
Sermon 5 Pentecost—Year B June 28, 2015 William Bradbury 2 Samuel 1, 17-27 Psalm 130 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5: 21-43 Do you like oysters? As a kid in Atlanta, I thought they were slimy and uneatable. I didn’t know that the Old Testament said all shell fish...
Sermon 4 Pentecost—Year B June 21, 2015 William Bradbury 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 10-16 Psalm 133 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Mark 4:35-41 The trip starts calmly enough: after all Peter, Andrew, James, and John are fishermen—I’m sure they say as they shove off, “We’ve got this, Jesus, go ahead and take a...
Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of yesterday’s shootings in Charleston, S.C., and to their families, the people of Emanuel A.M.E. Church and the wider Charleston community. This horrific event comes in the wake of our sorrow over the murder of Jonathan Dos Santos, the teen gunned down...
Sermon 3 Pentecost—Year B June 14, 2015 William Bradbury 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Psalm 20 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 Mark 4:26-34 One summer Sunday five years ago while I was rector of Grace Church, New Bedford, the actor Sam Waterston, in a seersucker suit, showed up to worship with us. One of...
Forum Notes What is the Good News? William Bradbury June 7, 2015 I. Introduction: (The following quotes are from the wonderful new book, which is written for folks like us, by N. T. Wright, Anglican bishop and preeminent New Testament scholar: Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and...
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...
Forum The Strong Name of the Trinity Trinity Sunday William Bradbury May 31, 2015 (This is the hand-out for the forum) A distressing image: On May 27, 1995, twenty years ago this past Wednesday, Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse as it refused the third jump at a race...
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...
