Epiphany 6 2019 Rev. Doug Floyd Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 Over the last several weeks, our lessons have pointed us to the Good News. When Jesus enters the synagogue in Nazareth, he declares that the Good News from Isaiah is being fulfilled in your midst. While the people in Nazareth…
Epiphany 5 2019Rev. Doug Floyd Judges 6:11-24; Psalm 89:20-29; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 In our text this morning we hear about various great leaders. The story of Gideon, who becomes the mighty warrior. Our second lesson is from Paul who makes a profound impact upon the church. In the gospel reading we see Jesus…
Epiphany 4 2019Rev. Doug Floyd Jeremiah 1:4–10, Psalm 71:12-21, 1 Corinthians 14:12-25, Luke 4:21-30 Jesus enters the synagogue and reads the Torah portion for the day, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the…
Epiphany 3 2019St. Brendan’s Anglican ChurchRev. Doug Floyd Nehemiah 8:1-12, Psalm 113, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Luke 4:14-21 I asked Peter to read the lesson from Nehemiah (8:1-12) because somebody had to read all those difficult names, and I thought Peter might be just the men. It may be hard for us to grasp the full…
Advent 4Rev. Doug Floyd We are pressed up against the eve of the eve of Christmas. As we watch and wait, our eyes turn toward a peasant woman in an unimportant village on the far side of Palestine in a nation of people that have barely clung to existence for much of their history. This…
Advent 3 2018 St. Brendan’s Anglican Church Rev. Canon Greg Goebel Let us pray. Heavenly Father, you gave your Apostles grace truly to believe and to preach your word. Grant that we might love what they believed and preach what they taught through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Good morning. I bring you greetings from…
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…