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25 December 2021, Christmas Day: The Best Song Ever
By The Rev. Dillon Green, St. James Episcopal Church, Wichita, KS I speak to you on this Christmas Day in the name of the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the...
Strangeness’ Undoing: Christmas Eve 12/24/21
I speak to you on this Christmas Eve in the name of the true Light, the Word made Flesh, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Friends, here we are again, on another Christmas Eve, to occupy ourselves with what poet T.S. Eliot calls “the point of intersection of the...
Peace on Earth: the Fourth Sunday of Advent 12/19/21
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of all our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord our Strength and Our Redeemer. Amen. Today we light the fourth candle on the Advent Wreath. This candle is sometimes referred to as the “Angel’s Candle.” It symbolizes...
Judgment Ends in Peace: the Second Sunday of Advent 12/5/21
In the name of one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent, and the traditional theme for this day is Peace, but not just a peace that is the absence of violence. The peace that we talk about today is big, confounding, a...
Transformed Life: the First Sunday of Advent 11/28/21
In the Name of our loving, liberating, and life-giving God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. The church year begins this weekend, the first Sunday of Advent. Three more Sundays to go, and then it’s Christmas. This is the easy part of understanding Advent, its...
Best for Last: Thanksgiving 11/25/21
I speak to you this Thanksgiving Day in the name of one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning, and a happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day to y’all! I am so excited to be here with you this morning in church. In this way, coming together to worship today,...
Do You Believe This?: the Feast of All Saints 11/7/21
In the name of one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” Do you...
Servant Leadership: Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost 10/17/21
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of all our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord our Strength and Our Redeemer. Amen. Today I find two different threads or themes in the scriptures. First, God is creator, and we are to enjoy and appreciate...
More Than Literal, More Than a Single Way: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 10/10/21
In the Name of our Loving, Liberating, and Life-Giving God:Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Spiritually we are swimming against the tide. We know this. In most ways we name, secular culture is at odds with sacred life. Our society tells us to be busy, work hard,...
Take a Second Look: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10/3/21
In the name of one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Have you ever opened up your closet and thought, I have nothing to wear, even though you’ve got hangers and hangers of clothes staring back at you that maybe you just don’t want to wear? I confess that we...
