Epiphany 2 2020Rev. Doug FloydIsaiah 49:1–7, Psalm 40, 1 Corinthians 1:1–9, John 1:29–42 Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John the Baptist speaks of the coming of Jesus almost like a cataclysm. The word cataclysm is rooted in the image of a deluge of water coming down, of…
Trinity 2019 Rev. Doug Floyd Isaiah 6:1-7, Psalm 29, Revelation 4:1-11, John 16:5–15 On Trinity Sunday, we are invited to meditate upon The trinity, our Triune Creator who is One God, Three Person: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is above and beyond all our thoughts and experiences. So to speak too much of the…
The Spirit of TruthRev. Doug FloydActs 2:1-11, Psalm 104:25-32, 1 Cor 12:4-13, John 14:8-17 As we hear the reading for Acts this morning, we are caught up in a strange and wondrous tale. The disciples are praying and waiting for the Lord, and the house suddenly roars with a mighty wind of the Spirit and…
Epiphany 7 2019World Mission SundayRev. Doug FloydIsaiah 61:1–4, Psalm 96, Romans 10:9–17, John 20:19–31 Almighty God, through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation: Pour out this gift anew, that by the preaching of the Gospel your salvation may reach to the ends of…
Holy Family Sunday 2018December 30, 2018Rev. Doug Floyd For centuries, the Coptic church has celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family as they meditate upon the story of the time Jesus spent in Egypt. In fact, every year Egyptian Christians continue to rehearse the story of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt. Pilgrims ferry across…
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,…
Remembering Forgiveness Pentecost +12 Isaac Bradshaw My grandfather used to tell an old joke: A older man is sitting on his porch with a friend. It’s one of those, hot, humid summer nights and the katydids are “katdidy-ing” and the bug zapper snaps and pops as moths and gnats and mosquitos get too close to…
Isaac BradshawPentecost 2018 Acts 2:1-11, Psalm 104:25-35, 1 Corinthians 12:4-13, John 20:19-23 Billy Wilder is one of those figures in film history that has never truly died. He was a master of the art of filmmaking, and like DW Griffths and Orson Welles before him, he purified and distilled all the changes in the filmmakers…
Rev. Doug Floyd Sunday After Ascension 2018 Today is the Sunday after Ascension, and I want to reflect a little on ascension. Every time I try to write something about ascension, it quickly becomes too theological and quickly, I feel like people will lose interest. It will be difficult. It is one of these grand themes…
Easter 6 Rev. Doug Floyd John 15:9-17 Born to a wealthy and influential business man, Toyohiko Kagawa was orphaned by the age of four. His mother was a concubine of the businessman and his wife adopted Toyohiko as the sole heir of the father. He grew up in a wealthy Japanese home in the early…