https://soundcloud.com/holy-communion-ucity/can-you-give-your-money-away In preparing for this Sunday, I was going through my email from churches where I have belonged through the years. I try and stay on the email lists of many of my former parishes, because they often have good ideas that we can steal for Holy Communion, and by steal, I mean borrow liberally…ContinueContinue reading “Can you give your money away?”
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A Capable Wife? A Woman of Valor? Who are you becoming?
Sermon for Sunday: I think “a capable wife” really needs a better translation for our day, because we all need some “women of valor” around us. We all need women and men who show us how to become better Christians, how to be gentle with ourselves We need women like Rachel Held Evans and heroes like Huck Finn who how to become better human beings. How to make difficult decisions. Who are you becoming?
What is a savior for?
https://soundcloud.com/holy-communion-ucity/what-is-a-savior-for?in=holy-communion-ucity/sets/sermons We’re starting off the program year this Sunday, with one of the toughest Gospel stories. This encounter between Jesus and Peter on the road, it’s not easy to read. The story is tough because it centers around the identity of Jesus as savior. Specifically, this Gospel causes us to ask: Why do we needContinueContinue reading “What is a savior for?”
The Cloud and the Question of Purpose
https://soundcloud.com/holy-communion-ucity/the-cloud-and-the-question-of-purpose The first warm Virginia evening in Spring of my Junior year at seminary, I arrived in the historic chapel a few minutes before Evensong. I came early so I could get my preferred place in the worn seats of the choir. When I walked in, I saw the cloud. My seminary’s chapel was notContinueContinue reading “The Cloud and the Question of Purpose”
Mike Angell 