Today is Christ the King Sunday. Today we celebrate Jesus, the King of Glory. It makes sense to celebrate Christ the King today, the last Sunday of the Church year. This Sunday often falls just after Thanksgiving, and there are so many vibrant, loud, flashy, hymns that might just keep those of us who areContinueContinue reading “Sermon for Christ the King Sunday”
Author Archives: Mike Angell
Jesus, Marriage, and Divorce
Three years ago, when I was a seminarian, I remember listening to Luis preach a sermon about these lessons. I don’t remember the whole sermon, but I do remember Luis beginning by summoning all of that theological heft we’ve been missing during his sabbatical, all of that gravitas Luis has when he preaches. So threeContinueContinue reading “Jesus, Marriage, and Divorce”
Religious Radicals (Sermon for Ordinary Time Proper 19, year B)
Jesus and his disciples are on the road this morning. The visual is important. In the story you have Jesus, the disciples, and what Mark refers to as the “crowd.” Jesus has a bit of a posse, a bit of an entourage. They’re walking down a long dusty footpath from Bethsaida to Cesarea Phillipi, climbingContinueContinue reading “Religious Radicals (Sermon for Ordinary Time Proper 19, year B)”
Inwardly Digesting Jesus
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and with the comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, whichContinueContinue reading “Inwardly Digesting Jesus”
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