“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

~ Oscar Wilde

“The End of the Beginning” – Colossians 1:15-20 (Year C, Proper 29)

2022-11-11T16:10:57-05:00November 14th, 2022|Lectionary Sermon Starters, Sermons|

Read the Lectionary Texts Today is Christ the King Sunday. It is the last Sunday of the Christian Year that began 12-months ago on the First Sunday in Advent. But while Christ the King Sunday may be the last Sunday of the year, it is by no means an ending. Next week, we will start the Advent cycle all over again! So today is not a permanent ending so much as it is the end of the beginning that started one year ago. Most of us, of course, are more familiar with the phrase “the beginning of the end” [READ MORE]

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For All the Stuff that Works…Thank You!

2022-11-14T11:55:45-05:00November 14th, 2022|Sermons, Uncategorized|

(This Musing comes from a sermon preached in 2014 and that I re-publish every Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Obviously, the food has something to do with my love for the day. But, more importantly, the motive that runs under this holiday appeals to me. Thanksgiving is not a day for getting stuff. It is a day focused entirely on giving thanks. A.J. Jacobs is an editor with Esquire magazine, and quite a prolific writer on subjects that require him to take on the very interesting role of being a human guinea pig. For instance, A.J. once wrote an [READ MORE]

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