Pentecost +10St. Brendan’s Anglican ChurchRev. Doug FloydJonah 2:1–10, Psalm 29, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:22-33 The Bible is a book full of stories within stories within stories, and the stories are always interacting with each other. We read and hear songs and prayers and proverbs, and different styles of writing, but, in fact, they all operate…
Pentecost +5 2020Rev. Doug FloydZechariah 9:9–12, Psalm 145, Romans 7:21–8:6, Matthew 11:25–30 Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) This is good news. Exceedingly good news. Think of the Hebrew slaves under the burdens of Egyptian rule. Pharaoh ordering Hebrews babies to be killed. The people groaning under the…
Pentecost +4 2020Rev. Doug FloydIsaiah 2:10–17, Psalm 89:1-18, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:34–42 Back in 2009, I led a series of discussions of Torah and the Workplace with a group of businessmen I knew. It gave me a chance to think through some ideas about how worship shapes practices even in the marketplace and how Baalism…
Pentecost +3Rev. Doug FloydJeremiah 20:7-13, Psalm 69:1-18, Romans 5:12-21, Matthew 10;16-33 Our lessons this week carry the weight of threat and even anguish. Jeremiah cries out to God after the priest Pashhur has him beaten and put in stocks for speaking the Word of the Lord the people. He has been warning the people of…
Easter 6 2020Acts 17:22-34, Psalm 148, 1 Peter 3:8–18, John 15:1-11 In today’s lessons, we heard Paul’s sermon at Athens. He promises to reveal the unknown god who they have already been worshipping and proceeds to use their own writers to point to Jesus as the fulfillment of their longing. For instance, he quotes, “In…
Rev. Doug Floyd Easter 5 2020St. Brendan’s Anglican ChurchActs 17:1-15; Psalm 68; 1 Peter 2:1–12; John 14:1–14 When my nephew was young, he told his mother that he asked God to leave His heart. He said, “Jesus can stay but God has to go. He scares me.” In his childlike way, he was expressing a…
Easter 2020Rev. Doug FloydActs 10:34-43, Psalm 118:14-24, Colossians 3:1-4, Matthew 28:1-10 This morning I had thought to simply read the sermon of Chrysostom because it’s the best Easter sermon there is. I will send it out. I think many of you are familiar with it, but then as I was thinking, I guess some events…
Pentecost +7 2019Rev. Doug FloydGenesis 18:20-33, Psalm 138, Colossians 2, Luke 11:1-13 Bob Dylan’s songs are often peopled with loners, rolling stones, wandering the land and haunted by memories of lost love. On his album “Time Out of Mind” he writes, The air is getting hotter There’s a rumbling in the skies I’ve been wading…
Easter 2 2019Rev. Doug FloydActs 5:12a, 17–22, 25–29, Psalm 111, Revelation 1:1-19, John 20:19-31 Last week we celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This week we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The church celebrates a fifty-day feast focused on the joy of our risen Lord. At the same time, every Sunday is a Resurrection…
Rev. Doug Floyd Resurrection Sunday 2019 Acts 10:34–43, Psalm 118, Colossians 3:1-4, Luke 24:1-12 This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. This day is the day of salvation. The day of resurrection. The day when heaven and earth erupt in waves of joy. This…