Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 2 Pentecost +25 Rev. Doug Floyd One of the ways to understand atonement might be to just think about stories. Many stories follow the form of Home, Away, and Home Again. For instance, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins who starts out at home. He’s in the shire.…
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 1 All Saints Sunday 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd I was talking with some students last week about Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory, a novel set in early twentieth century Mexico. Christianity is outlawed (which it was). The priest is on the run from authorities as he moves from…
Pentecost +23 All Hallow’s Eve Isaac Bradshaw So we have some important things in the Christian calendar coming up. Any ideas? All Saints is the big one. All Souls. What’s that one? What’s the difference between the two? There’s one more we’ve left out… All Hallow’s Eve. So, a slightly different tack…. What about favorite…
A renewed encounter with the Risen One who lives and walks among us can awaken dead and dying love for God.
Reading Hebrews – From Idols to Christ Pentecost +21 Rev. Doug Floyd Hebrews 3:1-4:11 We will continue our study this week in Hebrews. The lesson is from Hebrews 3:1-6. I’ll talk about Hebrews 3 and part of 4. I may not specifically read those passages, but you’re familiar with them because this is where he begins to talk about the promise of…
Reading Hebrews – Journey Toward Hope Pentecost +20 Rev. Doug Floyd Hebrews 2:1-18 Summer is fading, and we are looking forward to enjoying the season when evening air turns cool and afternoons turn golden. As Michael O’Sidhail writes in “Autumn Report,” Autumn is touching us with a summer’s afterthought. The tilted sun hazes around the…
Rev. Doug Floyd St. Michael and All Angels September 30, 2018 Genesis 28:10–17, Psalm 103, Revelation 12:7-12, John 1:47-51 Today we observe the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. Known in England as Michaelmas, this day is one of their four quarter days including, Lady Day on March 25 Midsummer Day on June 24 Michaelmas on September 29 Christmas on December…
Pentecost +15 Rev. Doug Floyd Deuteronomy 4:1-9, Psalm 15, Ephesians 6:10-20, Mark 7:1-23 In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the world has grown tired of reading. In fact, most books are outlawed. People spend their free time watching wall to wall entertainment or listening to music and stories with their ear buds. Written in 1951, the…
Pentecost +14 Rev. Doug Floyd John 6 For the last several weeks, our Gospel readings have been from John 6. Today I want to pause over that entire chapter and listen. As John 6 opens, thousands of people follow Jesus up a mountain because he has been healing the sick. The Passover is at hand,…
Growing in Wisdom Pentecost +13 Rev. Doug Floyd Probers 9:1-6 In our second lesson today, Paul exhorts his listeners to “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise…” Wisdom plays a key role in our readings today. The Proverbs passage is a call to follow lady wisdom. The reading from Psalms…