Pentecost +10 Patterns of Love Rev. Doug Floyd Bob Dylan’s album Blood on the Tracks, tells the story of painful, broken relationships and human loss. His son Jakob has suggested that when he hears the album, he hears the brokenness in his parent’s relationship. Bob denies that the album is personal and instead suggests it…
Pentecost +9 Household of God Rev. Jack King I am so pleased to be at St. Brendan’s this morning! I am grateful for the invitation to worship with you and preach today, and I also apologize that it has taken me so long to be with you. From time to time, we’ve had Apostles pastors preach and celebrate Eucharist with you. I’m…
People in Places Bearing Witness Pentecost +8 Rev. Doug Floyd During this extended time that we call Ordinary Time, we count each week in light of Pentecost, so on the bulletin, it says Pentecost +8 (eight Sundays after Pentecost). We will count time like this until the beginning of Advent. This helps us meditate on…
Pentecost +7 Rev. Connor Searle Good morning! It’s good to be here with you. It’s good to see so many familiar faces and so many new faces. For those of you I don’t know, my name is Connor Searle. I’m a deacon with a ministry in the Lutheran tradition affectionately tagged “Hope for all Sinners…
Giving Freely Pentecost +6 Rev. Doug Floyd Our lessons today call attention to the poor and particularly the responsibility of God’s people to open their hands to the needy in the land. In the Deuteronomy passage, Moses calls the people to give freely and not grudgingly to the poor brother. We are not told the…