Robyn's Sermons

Easter 6 5-13-12

theologybird — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:21:52 +0000

The lessons for Easter 6 can be found at this link: Easter 6 lessons. I worked most closely with John 15:9-17.

We are chosen as friends. And so we are part of a community that chooses new friends through Baptism.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon begins. Thank you for your patience.)

Easter 5 5-6-12

theologybird — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:39:06 +0000

The lessons for this Sunday can be found at this link: Easter 5 lessons. I worked most closely with 1 John 4:7-21.

Love is one of those words that gets used a lot, especially in this reading. So much that we can forget what it means, particularly for Christians.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)

Easter 2 4-15-12

theologybird — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:25:39 +0000

The lessons for Easter 2 can be found at this link: Easter 2 Lessons. I worked most closely with John 20:19-31.

Recovery and Resurrection. How we learn to love like God.

Easter Vigil 2012

theologybird — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:36:02 +0000

The lessons for the Easter Vigil can be found at this link: Easter Vigil lessons.

“Alleluia! Christ is risen!” also means “Everything has changed”

Good Friday 2012

theologybird — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:29:03 +0000

The lessons for Good Friday can be found at this link: Good Friday lessons.

Good Friday is about love. May our actions be so filled with the same love.

(Due to continued technical difficulties, this is nearly what I preached at Nativity’s Good Friday service.)

Maundy Thursday 2012

theologybird — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:25:33 +0000

The lessons for Maundy Thursday can be found at this link: Maundy Thursday lessons.

Eating Nourishes us. Communion is a feast.

(Due to some technical difficulties, this is nearly what I preached at Nativity’s Maundy Thursday service.)

Palm Sunday 4-1-12

theologybird — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:10:10 +0000

The lessons for Palm Sunday can be found at this link: Palm Sunday lessons. I worked most closely with the Gospel readings starting in Mark 11.

The week started so well. And then, well…. It’s a little bit like life, isn’t it?

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)

Lent 5 3-25-12

theologybird — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:57:10 +0000

The lessons for this Sunday can be found at this link: Lent 5. I worked most closely with Psalm 119 and Jeremiah 31:31-34.

“I treasure your promise in my heart, that I may not sin against you.” Except, of course, that we aren’t so good at this…but Jeremiah promises a better option.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)

Lent 4 3-18-12

theologybird — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:07:50 +0000

The readings for this Sunday can be found at this link: Lent 4 Readings. I worked most closely with Numbers 21:4-9.

There are snakes in the Lectionary! Poisonous snakes. And what does it all have to do with hope.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon begins. This is one of my interactive sermons, while I work to make sure that the nature of the conversation is caught by the mic there may be rough patches. Thank you for your patience.)

Lent 3 3-11-12

theologybird — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:51:31 +0000

The lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with 1 Corinthians 1:18-25.

I love debating, but that doesn’t mean I want to answer when Paul asks for a debater. Of course, Paul isn’t playing fair.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)

Lent 2 St John’s 3-4-12

theologybird — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:07:57 +0000

The Lessons for Lent 2 can be found here. I worked most closely with Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16.

No matter where Abraham goes, what happens, something very important keeps happening.

This sermon was preached for the last service at St John’s. The Parish had made the hard decision to close.

Lent 2 Nativity 3-4-12

theologybird — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:25:49 +0000

The lessons for Lent 2 can be found here. I worked most closely with Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16.

Abram, um, Abraham is 99. He gets a new name and a renewal of a promise. What kind of day is that?

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)

Ash Wednesday 2-22-12

theologybird — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:40:43 +0000

The lessons for Ash Wednesday can be found here. I worked most closely with Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21.

Lent is a time for re-examination and repentance. One tool for helping with this is a Rule of Life. Also I mention funny trivia about Benedict and the Benedictine Rule. (There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon begins. Thanks for your patience.)

Epiphany Last 2-19-12

theologybird — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:31:08 +0000

The lessons for the Last Sunday after Epiphany can be found here.

Light changes everything. The light of the Transfiguration. Candlelight.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon begins. Thanks for your patience.)

Epiphany 6 2-12-12

theologybird — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:21:55 +0000

The lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with 2 Kings 5:1-14 and Mark 1:40-45.

Naaman and the (disobedient) leper both come to a difficult realization. Healing isn’t about them.

Epiphany 5 2-5-12

theologybird — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:42:39 +0000

The Lessons for this Sunday can be found here.

Isaiah talks about the glory of God, Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law, and I toss in a Heinlein quote.

N.B. The Heinlein quote comes from Time Enough for Love.

Epiphany 4 1-29-12

theologybird — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:51:56 +0000

The Lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with Psalm 111.

How are we to praise God in an assembly of the upright when we know that we often aren’t? And yet we come together every week, as we should.

N.B. The quotes are close but not exact. My memory was only up to so much this morning. The West Wing episode is “Game On” and the Merton quote comes from Thoughts in Solitude.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)

Epiphany 3 1-22-12

theologybird — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:52:25 +0000

The lessons for this Sunday can be found here.I worked most closely with Jonah 3:1-5, 10.

Jonah spent 3 days walking across Ninevah and the whole city repented. Not bad….

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Epiphany 2 1-15-12

theologybird — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:39:56 +0000

The lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with 1 Samuel 3:1-20 and 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.

Samuel (and Eli’s sons), Paul, and Martin Luther King Jr. “All things are lawful for me but not all things are beneficial.” Paul is making an ageless point. The pursuit of what is beneficial for ourselves, our community, and God ought to be always before us.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon begins. Thank you for your patience.)

The Baptism of Jesus 1-8-12

theologybird — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:48:32 +0000

The Lessons for the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord can be found here. I worked with Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark 1:4-11.

It all begins with water: creation, Jesus’s ministry, Christian life. Mostly gratuitous Hebrew and Star Trek references thrown in, both for my own amusement.

(There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.)