Category Lectionary

Sermons from Youth-Led Worship, Easter 6C

Two of our youth preached during the Youth-Led Worship service this past Sunday.  They kept with the Revised Common Lectionary texts and did a marvelous job, as did all of the youth who put together a beautiful service. No manuscripts of the services are available to me at this time, but here are the sermons […]

“Love is Nothing if It Isn’t Visible” from Sunday

  “Love is Nothing . . .”   from John 13:31-35 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, April 28, 2013    The Fifth Sunday of Easter Fr. J. Queremais, Fr. J. Pierre, Fr. J. M. N. Biler, Fr. L. Gergaud, Fr. F. LeVezouet, and two Daughters of the Cross nuns.  These are names listed on […]

“Living Fearlessly in a Fearful World” from Good Shepherd Sunday

“Good Shepherd 2013”    Revelation 7:9-17 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Good Shepherd Sunday, April 21, 2013 Wow.  What a scary week, beginning with the breaking news on Monday from the Boston Marathon, followed by the mushroom cloud of the explosion at the fertilizer factory in West, TX, concluding Friday with the capture of […]

“Jesus Take the Reel” from Easter 3C

“Jesus Take the Reel” Easter 3C    John 21:1-19 Delivered to Church for the Highlands The Third Sunday of Easter, April 14, 2013   A guy calls his boss and says “I can’t come to work today The boss asks why and the guy says “It’s my eyes.” “What’s wrong with your eyes?” asks the […]

“Peace In”

“Peace In” Delivered to Church for the Highlands Second Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2013   “I am just tired of living.”  That’s what a woman told me this week as we sat on the steps right outside the chapel door.  This comment came after her question to me about suicide.  She wanted to know […]

Palm Sunday 2013

“Palm Sunday 2013” Delivered to Church for the Highlands Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013 Brackets and baskets Who knew Harvard had some jocks? March madness indeed I think it has been at least a year since I’ve given you a Haiku, so there it is.  There’s your year’s worth of my three line creativity.  Inspired […]

“Poor Judas” sermon from Lent 5C

“Poor Judas”  John 12:1-8 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, March 17, 2012    Fifth Sunday in Lent Did you see the smoke from this past week?  Perhaps you heard about it, with news quickly expanding all the way from the Vatican.  As the white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, […]

Jesus Paints God

“Jesus Paints God”  Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, March 10, 2013   Millions of people tuned in this past week to watch the History Channel’s new hit TV show, The Bible.  I watched the first episode and learned a lot.  There were no dinosaurs on Noah’s ark, everyone in the […]

“So God Made a Farmer”

“So God Made a Farmer”   Luke 13:1-9 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, March 3, 2013    Third Sunday in Lent   [Dodge Ram Super Bowl Commercial, “So God Made a Farmer” by Paul Harvey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpZ0TGjbWE] If you are old enough to know that voice on the commercial, you needed no announcement of his […]

“God’s Will . . . Our Desire” by Maegan Daigle

“God’s Will . . . Our Desire”   Luke: 13:31-35 by Maegan Daigle, Associate Director of the Christian Leadership Center of Centenary College as a part of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Martha Stearns Marshall, Women in Preaching emphasis At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to […]