Homily Archive (Page 25)

Davis Craig preaches on the story of the widow and the unjust judge. The judge keeps refusing to give the widow a just decision, but like water on rock she wears down his stony heart. Through sheer persistence she is able to win. Claire Hitchins visits from Virginia and plays her song Rain which was inspired by a community in Bolivia that persisted in getting the rights to their water back from a multinational corporation.

Rev. Myra asks us to look at the story of Jesus healing ten people with leprosy through a new lens. She switches the focus from the nine that moved on, to the one that was left behind. Rev. Myra says Jesus’ question wasn’t just about where are the other nine, but perhaps Jesus is asking something deeper. Who is it that we’re leaving behind, and who are we moving forward with? Because Jesus knows that we have the power to…

Spiritus Christi Mental Health Center Director Maureen Marlow shares an update on all the people the MHC has been able to serve over this past year. Liz Powers gives her personal testimony on how therapy and counseling have helped her learn to manage having bipolar.

Mike Boucher preached this weekend on the story of the rich man and Lazarus from Luke 16. In our modern context, we build walls, and highways and gated communities to avoid engaging each other rendering many people and entire communities invisible (sometimes for generations). What would this cautionary tale look like if told using examples from our modern era? How do we recognize and act on the humanity we see in those who have been “othered” and “invisibilized” in our…

Religious Ed Director Siobhan Potter preaches that with love and trust something we think is small and insignificant can be grown into something great and beautiful.

Father Jim preaches Jesus that Jesus did not only teach us to mix it up when we get together for meals, he practiced it. He sat with everybody and it upset those who controlled the social order. This was Jesus’ unique social protest, sitting at a table with people he wasn’t supposed to be with. Jesus invented the sit-in.

Fr. Jim preaches on the gospel of Luke and the question will only a few be saved? White supremacists and ISIS try to limit God’s guest list, but Jesus teaches us that God has a place for everyone at the table. Luke 13:22-30 Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate,…

Fr. Jim preaches on the Gospel Luke 12:49-56. Jesus said “I have come to start a fire on this earth, and how I wish it were blazing right now. I have come to change everything around, to turn things upside down, and how I long for it to be finished. Do you think I came to smooth things over? Or make things nice? No, I have come to disrupt and confront. From now on you will find five in a…

Mike Boucher preaches on possessions and discipleship. How Jesus wants us to be free, and how we want to be free too! But when Jesus calls on us to let go of our things, we don’t want to! Jesus isn’t telling us how much better off the poor will be when we give our possessions away, he is telling us how much better off we will be.

Rev. Alfred Knight shares a powerful testimony about how the power of God is transforming lives at Grace of God Recovery House.