Sermon

Preached on Sunday, October 5, 2025, the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. “Jesus said, ‘If you had faith the size of a mustard seed.’” (Luke 17:5) We love this passage, don’t we? We love this passage because it’s so familiar. For me, this was one of the first Bible stories I…

Preached on Sunday, September 21, 2025, the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. “You cannot serve God and wealth.” (Luke 16:13) A tough verse if there ever was one––but not first and foremost because of what it has to say about wealth! This verse is tough because of what it has to…

Preached on Friday, September 19, 2025 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock in memoriam Dr. Thomas Revillon “Rev” Winans (December 7, 1944 – September 15, 2025). “Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16b) Rev Winans made a living on renewing our inner nature. Anne…

Preached on Sunday, August 31, 2025, the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. I preach this morning on a verse from the letter to the Hebrews: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some entertained angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2). And this morning, I would like…

Preached on Sunday, August 10, 2025, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. “The word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision” (Genesis 15:1a).  Wait a minute. Hold the phone. A vision? Now, we Christians believe in some pretty wild stuff: the creation of all things, seen and unseen; the…

Preached on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock in memoriam Donald Edward Christian (August 23, 1935 – July 14, 2025). “Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”…

Preached on Sunday, July 13, 2025, the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. Jesus asked, “Which was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”  All this talk of neighborliness reminds me of Robert Frost and that famous poem of his, “Mending Wall.” It’s one of his…

Preached on Sunday, June 15, 2025, the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From Paul’s letter to the Romans: “We boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into…

Preached on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at First Baptist Church, Little Rock in memoriam Jerry Lonnie Maulden (August 13, 1936–June 5, 2025). “Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:58). If we…

Preached on Thursday, May 29, 2025, Ascension Day, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock. From the book of Acts: “As the apostles were watching, Jesus was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” Ascension Day is a bit of a whacky thing, isn’t it? This is the day when we remember…