Sermon: Are We the Wolf?
YALE UNIVERSITY | RACISM | WHITE SUPREMACYGood Shepards, Hired Hands, Flocks, and Wolves…¹We think of ourselves as part of a flock… what if we are the wolves though? | Photo by Ron Steed Saturday...
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Sermon: Breathing, Balancing, Ripening…
LENT | WILDERNESS | SOUL & SELFSermon: Breathing, Balancing, Ripening…St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Mark 1:9–15 ² A Breath from the Divine Heart is coming… | Photo by...
Sermon: Out of the Waters of Chaos…
CHAOS | WATERS | NEW CREATIONSermon: Out of the Waters of Chaos…St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Mark 1:14–20 ²Out of the waters of chaos, new creation comes | Photo by Ron...
Sermon: Being With
ADVENT | BEING WITH | NAZARETHSermon: Being With- The Way of the LordSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from John 1:6–8, 19–28 ² Advent… a time of waiting for things to hatch |...
Sermon: Found Objects as Art and Hope
PEACE | PRACTICE | ART | SERMONFound Objects as Art and HopeSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Matthew 24:18–22 ² Mitigating the MadnessIt seems like something is set loose in...
20231025 The Beech Trees are Dying
ACHE | LONGING | HOPE | OPEN-HEARTS | LOVE | JOYThe Beech Trees are DyingSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Matthew 23:34-46 ²Beech trees overhead, looking a little thin in...
Sermon: When God’s Good Road Winds its Way…
GOD BREAKING IN | DAY LABOR | VINEYARDSSermon: When God’s Good Road Winds its Way…St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Matthew 20:1–16 ²What happens when God breaks out in a...
Sermon: A Longing and an Ache
Who do YOU say that Jesus is?Sermon: A Longing and an AcheSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Exodus 1:8–2:10 (NRSV) & Matthew 16:13–20 (NRSV)²A baby found among the reeds sets...
Sermon: Darnel & Wheat - Cross & Resurrection
GOOD & EVIL | REDEMPTION | GOD’S GOOD ROADSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 (NRSV) ² Summer Fields full of Rye Grasses | Photo by Ronald Steed at the...
Sermon: The Lion is God
MISSION | MAASAI | VINCENT DONOVANSermon: The Lion is GodSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from readings for Proper 6 ² "His nose and eyes and ears pick up the prey. His legs give...
Sermon: We are SO Saved!
Ascension | Salvation | Julian of NorwichSermon: We are SO SavedSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹. Taken from Acts 1:6–14 ²Sometimes we are left looking at the clouds | Photo by Ron...
Sermon: God Turned a Corner…
Maundy Thursday | Love | Being WithSermon: God Turned a Corner…St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹ Taken from Exodus 12 & John 13 ² On Maundy Thursday, God turned a corner with us | Photo...
Sermon: Once you SEE it, You Can’t Unsee It…
CONFLICT | SUFFERING | DEATH | NEW LIFESermon: Once you SEE it, You Can’t Unsee It…St Andrews Episcopal Church Madison, CT ¹, John 11:1–45 ²There is an underlying pattern to the Gospel | Photo by...
Sermon: The Bedrock of Justice is Knowing One Another
Justice | Community Organizing | RelationshipSermon: The Bedrock of Justice is Knowing One AnotherSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹Do we know each other well, or just in passing? | Photo...
Sermon: Follow the Way of Self-Giving Love
CONVERGING FORCES | CALLSermon: Follow the Way of Self-Giving LoveSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹Taken from Matthew 4:12–23 (NRSV) Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he...
Sermon: Don’t Make Me Pull this Car Over!
CHRISTMAS | GOOD NEWS | TAYLOR SWIFTSermon: Don’t Make Me Stop this Car!St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹ A Watercolor angel by artist Roxanne Steed | Photo by Roxanne Steed Taken from...
20221211 Sermon: We Belong to One Another
ADVENT | BELONGINGSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹ Are You Sure You’re the One? "You brood of vipers!" Do you remember that phrase from last week? I saw several of you scribbling notes...
Sermon: Abandoning the Self
Clip source: Editing%20Sermon%3A%20Abandoning%20the%20Self%20%u2013%20Medium ST ANDREW’S DAY | THE WAY Sermon: Abandoning the SelfSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹Taken from Matthew...
Sermon: Jesus- Deeply Woven into the Fabric of Every Life
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹JUSTICE | FAITH | AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING Taken from:Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV)Jesus told the disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose...
Seeing is Believing
Sermon for 16 Pentecost (year C), September 25, 2022 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT I had a good friend who retired from the Navy not so long ago. He and his wife were pretty well-off...
20220619 Sermon for Proper 7
20220619 Sermon for Proper 7 It was my joy and pleasure yesterday to bear witness to Jill’s ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Now, when you have more than one Deacon in a given location,...
I Came to Bring Fire…
20220814 Sermon for Proper 15 and Feast Day of Jonathan Daniels, at St. Andrews Episcopal Chruch, Madison, CT On this day, we celebrate the life of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian who...
Homelessness
Sermon for Trinity Sunday June 12, 2022. St Peter’s Episcopal Church Hebron, CT Come, Holy Trinity, fill our hearts, and kindle in us the FIRE of your love. Good morning friends! My am Deacon Ron...
Doubt… Courage… Amazement…
Sermon for Easter Sunday April 17, 2022. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church Madison, CT Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts and kindle in us the fire of your love. They burst through the door of the...
Sermon for Maundy Thursday, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Madison, CT
Three companions sit at a table waiting for the news, quietly and lovingly regarding one another. After eons, the cusp of the moment has finally come. They think back to a time so distant that it...
Filled with Expectation
Sermon for 1 Epiphany (Year C), January 9, 2022 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT. "All the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John,...
Follow the Blessing
Sermon for 6 Epiphany (Year C), February 13, 2022 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT. When I was in the Navy, I was once stationed at The Pentagon with a small team who had tremendous...
"Mary..."
Sermon for Easter(Year B), April 4 2021 St. James, Poquetanuck; Grace, Yantic You stand before the empty tomb. Peter and John have breathlessly entered it, and left for home, confused and...
The Road to Emmaus...
Sermon Notes for 3 Easter (Year A), April 26, 2020 St. James, Poquetanuck; Grace, Yantic Today’s gospel, the story of the Road to Emmaus, is only found in Luke’s gospel. In fact, if all we had...
Manure Sunday...
Sermon for Lent 3 (year C), March 24, 2019 St. James, Poquetanuck & Grace Church, Yantic Looking at today’s gospel, you wouldn’t be far from the mark to think that we might call this "Manure...
Water into Wine...
Sermon for Epiphany 2 (year C), January 20, 2019 St. James, Poquetanuck & Grace Church, Yantic Illumined by God’s Word and Sacraments, may we shine with the radiance of Christ's glory. . The...
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Sermon for Sunday, December 2, 2018 (1 Advent Year C) St. James Poquetanuck, Grace Church, Yantic, CT For me the holidays are difficult. I react badly to the artificial joy and commercialism that...
Following Children....
Sermon for Sunday, October 28, 2018 (Proper 25 Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT One of the disadvantages of reading the Bible the way we do every Sunday, is that we get little...
Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another...
Sermon for Sunday, September 30, 2018 (Proper 21 Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Grace Church, Yantic, CT Today’s gospel is difficult. There are hard saying here that suggest...
1+1+1 = 1
Sermon for Sunday, May 27, 2018 (Trinity Sunday Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT 1+1+1 = 1. That’s what Trinity Sunday celebrates; this odd and paradoxical idea that God, Jesus,...
Resurrection...
Sermon for Sunday, April 19, 2018 (7 Easter Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT What is Christian Hope? Why do we worship today and then go out into the world… into our...
Actuating Our Gifts...
Sermon for Sunday, April 22, 2018 (3 Easter Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT At the Southeast Region Convocation yesterday, our Bishops, Ian and Laura led us through a...
An Americanized Peace?
Sermon for Sunday, March 7, 2018 (4 Lent Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Have you ever been impatient with a situation, and completely exasperated with the people involved?...
Holding Mary's Heart...
Sermon for Sunday, December 24, 2017 (4 Advent Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Our King and Savior now draws near: Come let us adore him. "Mary! Mary Nazareth!" I look down at...
Having Mystical Experiences?
Sermon for Sunday, November 12, 2017 (2 Advent Year B) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT What did they experience out there in the wilderness, all those from the whole Judean countryside...
Flesh & Blood
Sermon for Sunday, November 12, 2017 (Veterans Sunday) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Army Command Sergeant Major Roger Heinze was quoted in the Washington Post while talking to a...
Put on Your Wedding Robe...
Sermon for Sunday, October 15, 2017 (Proper 23) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Matthew’s Parable of the Wedding Feast is difficult on two counts. First that it suggests that God is in...
You Also Go Into the Vineyard...
Sermon for Sunday, September 24, 2017 (Proper 20) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT "All things come from you oh Lord; and of your own are we giving you" Today’s parable of the grumbling...
Homelessness and the Rock from which we were Hewn....
Sermon for Sunday, August 25, 2017 (Proper 16) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Before I knew that I was coming here to St. James, Fr. Ron asked if I would be willing to talk to you...
Breaking Bad in Southeast Connecticut...
Sermon for Sunday, July 30, 2017 (Proper 12) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT I've been binge watching the Netflix show Breaking Bad over the last three weeks. It's really compelling...
The Advocate… the helper… the comforter… the Spirit
Sermon for Sunday, May 21, 2017 (6 Easter) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT When I was a student Chaplain, I would ask my patients first about their sickness; the reason they were in...
The Kingdom of God runs on Dunkin Donuts....
Sermon for Sunday, April 30, 2017 (3 Easter) St. James Episcopal Church, Poquetanuck, CT Nobody. Nobody follows a dead Messiah… and that’s just a fact. Jesus was not only one who claimed to be...
What Deacons do... What can we do together?
What gifts we lack will be found in their fullness when we come together with others outside our Parish who turn out to have the gifts we need. And those gifts are often found in the most...
Heaven and Earth Fit Together and Intersect...
Sermon for Sunday, January 8, 2017 (1 Epiphany) St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT (missed due to weather) Today’s gospel reading about John’s Baptism of Jesus is short and tidy, but...
Inviting oneself to dinner with enemies....
Sermon for Sunday, October 30, 2016 (24 Pentecost Proper 26) St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT Half of Luke’s Gospel is about Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem at the end of his ministry....
Our Parish is Tied to Our Neighbors....
Sermon for Sunday, October 16, 2016 (22 Pentecost Proper 24) St. James Episcopal Church, New London, CT Luke’s parable today is one of the stories Jesus told his disciples on the road to...
Crossing Chasms...
Sermon for Sunday, September 26, 2016 (19 Pentecost, Proper 21) St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT My Retirement Ceremony from the Navy was in 2007, the week after this lesson about the...
Who are our Enemies?
Sermon for Sunday, May 29, 2016 (2 Pentecost Proper 4) St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT Put away from us, we entreat you Lord, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are...
Putting Your Fingers in the Wounds of Christ...
Sermon for Sunday, April 3, 2016 (2 Easter) St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT The Lord is my strength and my song, * and he has become my salvation. I have a good friend named Barbara...
Hens & Chicks….
Sermon for Sunday, February 21, 2016 (2 Lent) St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT You speak in my heart and say, "Seek my face." *Your face, Lord, will I seek. The Rev’d Samuel Wells,...
To See Jesus in the Winter Garden... in the Advent that is Going on All Around Us….
Sermon for Sunday, December 20, 2015 St. David’s Episcopal Church, Gales Ferry, CT My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior I am the gardener in our family...
You make the winds your messengers * and flames of fire your servants...
Stewardship Sermon for Sunday, October 18, 2015 St. James Episcopal Church, New London, CT You make the winds your messengers * and flames of fire your servants You can just imagine the scene…...