EASTER OCTAVE, DAY FIVE (Maundy Thursday): “Father, Forgive Them”
The prayer of forgiveness continues to rescue sinners and make pilgrims down the ages because it proceeds from the throne of the Lamb that was slain, who ever lives to…
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EASTER OCTAVE, DAY SIX (Good Friday): The Prodigal Terrorist Enters Paradise
“This day you will be with me in Paradise.” I preached this sermon on Good Friday 2017 at my home parish in Pennsylvania. Since it speaks of an event subsequent…
EASTER OCTAVE, DAY SEVEN (Holy Saturday): “Father Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit”
I preached this meditation at my parish church in Pennsylvania on Good Friday 1995 Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!”…
EASTER OCTAVE DAY EIGHT: The Logic of the Empty Tomb
Sermon Preached at Uganda Christian University Easter Sunday 8 April 2012 Today marks the end of the 40-day Lenten season and the beginning of the Easter Season, which runs for…
ALL THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE: A Sermon for St. Michael and All Angels
No, “invisible things” are real entities that can never be seen by our mere human senses. The first Soviet astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, followed shortly by the Anglican bishop John Robinson,…
“I’M TRADING MY SHAME”: A Sermon Preached on Good Friday 2018
Today we remember the Passion of Jesus Christ. The word “passion” sounds odd to us, does it not? We associate passion with positive things, like love – “I love you…
THE HALF-EMPTY TOMB
I preached this sermon on Easter Wednesday 1990 at Trinity School for Ministry. I wonder how many of you have read Anne Tyler’s book, or seen the movie, titled The…