Advent Two 2018 St Brendan’s Anglican Church Rev. Doug Floyd Readings: Malachi 3:1-5, Psalm 126, 1 Corinthians 4:8-21, Luke 3:1-6 Collect: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and the comfort of your holy…
“Keeping Our Eyes on the Fig Tree” Saint Brendan’s Anglican Church Rev. David R. Sincerbox December 2, 2018 Zechariah 14:1-9; Psalm 50; 1 Thessalonian 3:6-13; Luke 21:25-33 Collect: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal…
Feast of the Transfiguration Rev. Doug Floyd Luke 9:28-36 Peter, James, and John are dazed. The sudden eruption of God’s glory knocks them out as though dead. Like walking from a dark cave into the middle of the glaring sun, they are stunned, blinded. As Peter begins to see Jesus Transfigured into pure light from…
Easter 3 St. Brendan’s Anglican Church Rev. Doug Floyd Poets often help me to see and hear and watch what is already staring at me in the face. They write about the this-ness of the world. Denise Levertov reminds me that metaphors must be grounded in dust, grit, heavy carnal clay. Czelaw Milosz reminds me…
We focus on the glorious mystery unveiled in the birth of Jesus, the unveiling of God’s image and love for all to see, to know, to participate in. In today’s Gospel, we see the hand of God preparing a place for the coming of the Son. The revealing of love unbound in the binding of a little babe.
Paul reminds us that God is revealing His glory in the midst of the Gentiles. What is this glory? Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Rev. David R. Sincerbox Isaiah 43:1-12, Psalm 116:10-17, 1 Peter 1:13-25, Luke 24:13-35 The journey has been a theme in great Western literature from the time of Homer’s Odyssey, which the Coen brothers’ movie “Brother, Where Art Thou?” follows somewhat. We all read Robert Frost’s poem of journey, “The Road Not Taken,” in high school.…
A vision for planting a church in Maryville, TN rooted in the gospel pattern of gathering, raising and sending.