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…
Easter 5 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Psalm 66, 1 John 3:11-24, John 14:15-21 In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus is comforting His disciples even as He prepares them for the change in their lives as He goes to the cross. He reassures them of his love and His presence. I always loved reading John…
Good Shepherd Sunday 2018 Chase Whitmire Ezekiel 34:1–10, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:1-10, John 10:11-16 1991, I think it was the end of the summer in ’91 or ’92, and you must know, I grew up on Lookout Mountain, anybody here been to Lookout Mountain before? Okay. Well, if you’ve been up on Lookout Mountain…
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…
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life Rev. Doug Floyd Back before. Before bombings. Before mass shootings. Back before ISIS and Al Queda. Back before 24 hour news cycles. Back before never-ending political ranker. Back before Facebook and emails. Back before business lunches and late night study sessions. Back before grandchildren, children. Back before first…