Sermon

Preached on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, Christmas Day, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock and on Sunday, December 29, 2024, the First Sunday after Christmas, at Grace Church, Anderson, South Carolina. “In the beginning was the Word” (John 1:1). Think with me for a moment on how it is that we Christians tell the Christmas story.…

Preached on Sunday, December 22, 2024, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. Our Gospel passage for today, the so-called “Visitation” of Mary to her cousin, Elizabeth, is a preacher’s treasure trove: just about anything will preach. But for today, I invite us to consider just one verse, just one tiny verse:…

Preached on Sunday, December 8, 2024, the Second Sunday of Advent, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. On this second Sunday of Advent, I preach on a verse from Paul’s letter to the Philippians: “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the…

Preached on Sunday, November 17, 2024, the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. Words of encouragement from the letter to the Hebrews: “Let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith…Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful”…

Preached on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the observance of All Souls’ Day, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians: “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.” Today, my…

Preached on Friday, November 1, 2024, All Saints’ Day, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. Jesus said to Martha, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40). As a boy and as an adult, I sang Lesbia Scott’s hymn each and every year, just as we…

Preached on Sunday, October 20, 2024, the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. I preach this morning on our passage from the book of Job: “The LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will…

Preached on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Camp Mitchell on Petit Jean Mountain for the Board of Visitors. “Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around Him that He got into the boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And [Jesus] told…

Preached on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From God’s Revelation to Saint John: “War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, but they were defeated, and there was no longer any…

Preached on Sunday, September 15, 2024, the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. This morning, I preach on a mashal of King Solomon, one of his proverbs: “Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the…