Digging Holes: A Sermon on the Parable of the Talents

Digging Holes: A Sermon on the Parable of the Talents Sunday November 16, 2014, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Grafton MA Matthew 25:14-30         This the parable of Gala the anxious puppy dog: In a town far away known as Boston, a girl and her dog moved into a home …

What claims ownership over our lives? A sermon on being imprinted

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, North Reading MA Sunday October 19, 2014- 19th Sunday after Pentecost/Ordinary 29 On Being Imprinted Matthew 22:15-22 It turns out that buying a couch justly is harder than I thought. All I wanted to do was purchase a simple couch. One of my housemates moved out, and took the couch with …

In God we mostly trust: A Sermon on Luke 16

Grace Church, Great Barrington Sunday September 21, 2013 “In God we mostly trust.” Luke 16:1-13 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that …