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Come Away With Me…Sanctuary for Refugees: a sermon for Pentecost 9B, Mark...
Sadly, the plight of refugees has worsened since these readings last came up in our lectionary. I repost this sermon to inspire others to continue to speak out for sanctuary. Three years ago, I chose...
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Sermon preached on the morning of Christmas Eve – Luke 2:1-20 Listen to the audio only version sermon here https://pastordawn.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/christmas_eve_am_2017.m4a Every Christmas, the...
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The Things We Do For Jesus! – a sermon on the Baptism of Jesus
Baptism of Jesus Sermon — Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Originally preached: Sunday January 13, 2013 Listen to the sermon here There’s a definition of what it means to be a priest that has always daunted me....
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Intoxicated on Life – Epiphany 2C Sermon – John 2:1-11
Looking back at old sermons can reveal the various ways in which our theology has developed. This sermon was first preached in 2013. Since then, I have moved to a posture that has opened me to more...
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What the World Needs Now is Love! 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 – Epiphany 4C
The Epistle Reading (Second Reading) for this coming Sunday is 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Most of us have heard this reading over and over again at weddings as if it were some sort of recipe for happiness...
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Beyond the Veil – a story for Transfiguration Sunday
Listen to the sermon here https://pastordawn.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/transfiguration_2016.m4a Back in November of 2015, my Mom, who lives in Vancouver, fell. The fall was the cumulative effect of...
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Just Wave the White Flag of Surrender and Go Into the Party: a Sermon for the...
I am indebted to Amy-Jill Levine’s book “short stories by Jesus” and Bernard Brandon Scott’s book “Hear Then the Parable” for challenging me to look beyond the Christian bias of interpreting Jesus’...
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Wrestling With the Almighty: Locating Our Very Selves in the Sacred Story – a...
For those of you preaching on the text from Genesis 32:3-31: You may not be able to tell from looking at me. But let me assure you that you are looking at someone who used to be a champion wrestler....
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A Newborn Baby Positively Oozes with the Aura of the MYSTERY that Lies at the...
Every Christmas, the parables, myths, stories, metaphors, and symbols that proclaim the birth of God among us do more than recount the birth of a baby in an ancient faraway land. Every Christmas, these...
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A Progressive Christian Wades into the Waters of Baptism
A sermon for the celebration of the Baptism of Jesus – Matthew 3:13-17 Listen to the sermon here Wading into the waters of baptism is no simple matter for a progressive Christian. Once you leave the...
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, How I Wonder What You Are? – reflecting on...
This week, we find ourselves studying the transfiguration of Jesus. So much has been written and said about this strange little story given to us by the early followers of Jesus. I was planning to do...
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Tickled By the Racy Svetlana; Otherwise Known as the Woman Evangelist Who...
There was a commercial that a while back on the TV and each time it came on, I couldn’t help myself, it made me smile and if I let myself, it made me laugh. It was a collection of scenes in which...
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Letting Go of the Words Attributed to Jesus So that We Can Embrace the WORD –...
Easter 5A sermon: Readings: The Gospel of Thomas 70 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 http://pastordawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/easter_5a-pastordawn.m4a He was screaming at me like some kind of...
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New Life and the New Story- Easter 6A
Six years ago, when Acts 17:22-31 last came round in the lectionary, I had the distinct pleasure of baptizing our grand-daughter. This sermon welcomes her to this grand journey of life that we travel...
View ArticleStretching Metaphors Beyond their Ability to Carry Us – a sermon for Easter...
Tomorrow at Holy Cross, we will be celebrating Pluralism Sunday. For those of you looking for a sermon following the Revised Common Lectionary, this sermon from 2018, explores those readings. to listen...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Resurrection, We Look For What We Have Been Conditioned to...
Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Tis the season of “resurrection.” If there’s one thing I’ve learned after nearly a quarter of a century of preaching on the subject of resurrection, it’s that...
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