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“ See All the Gifts” (Sunday, Octo|| Proper 23C || Luke 17:11-19) “ Calling to You” (Sunday, Octo|| Proper 24C || Luke 18:1-8) “ Intentions, Revisited” (Sunday, Octo|| Proper 25C || Luke 18:9-14) “ Intercession” (Sunday, Octo|| Proper 26C || 2 Thessalonians 1:1-14, 11-12 “ The Uncommon Lives of Saints” (Sunday, Novem|| All Saints C || Ephesians 1:11-23) “ Pretenders” (Sunday, Novem|| Proper 28C || Luke 21:5-19) “ NIMBY and the Reign of Christ” (Sunday, Novem|| Reign of Christ C || Jeremiah 23:1-6) “ The Fire” (Sunday, Decem|| Advent 2A || Matthew 3:1-12) “ Joseph’s Letter” (Sunday, Decem|| Advent 4A || Matthew 1:18-25) “ O Magnum Mysterium” (Saturday, Decem|| Christmas Eve || John 1:1-14) “ The 26-Foot U-Haul” (Sunday, Janu|| Feast of the Holy Name || Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 2:15-21) “ Intro to Baptism” (Sunday, Janu|| Epiphany 1A || Matthew 3:13-17 “ The Intention of Giving Thanks” (Sunday, Janu|| Epiphany 2A || 1 Corinthians 1:1-9) “ I am of Paul” (Sunday, Janu|| Epiphany 3A || 1 Corinthians 1:10-18) “ The Funeral Homily” (Sunday, Janu|| Epiphany 4A) “ You are the Light” (Sunday, Febru|| Epiphany 5A) “ New Ministry” (Saturday, Febru|| Feast of Theodora || Celebration of New Ministry) “ The Vision” (Sunday, Febru|| Last Epiphany A || Matthew 17:1-9) “ The Lens of Love” (Wednesday, Febru|| Ash Wednesday) “ For God So Loved the World…” (Sunday, Ma|| Lent 2A || John 3:1-17) “ That God Gave God’s Only Son…” (Sunday, Ma|| Lent 3A || John 4:5-42) “ So that Everyone Who Believes in Him…” (Sunday, Ma|| Lent 4A || John 9:1-41) “ May Not Perish But May Have Eternal Life” (Sunday, Ma|| Lent 5A || John 11:1-45) “ The Crowd’s Four Lines” (Sunday, Ap|| Palm/Passion A || Matthew 26:36–27:56) “ Who Are You Looking For?” (Friday, Ap|| Good Friday || Passion According to John)

“ Simon, Lazarus, Philip, Mary” (Sunday, Ap|| Easter Sunday A || John 20:1-18) “ The Two Endings of John” (Sunday, Ap|| Easter 2A || John 20:19-31)

“ Even the Good One” (Sunday, Ap|| Easter 4A || Psalm 23 John 10:1-10) “ Stephen the Red Shirt” (Sunday, || Easter 5A || Acts 7:55-60) “ The Spirit of Truth” (Sunday, || Easter 6A || John 14:15-21) “ The Wind Blows Where It Chooses” (Sunday, || Pentecost A || Numbers 11:24-30 Acts 2:1-21) In the name of that Word, your Son Jesus Christ, I pray. Make me attentive to the moment in the sermon that is about me, and grant me the grace to live each day of my life attentive to your Word speaking to me in myriad ways. Gracious God, help me to be open to an encounter with your living Word through the words of the preacher. May I listen well enough to hear what you would have me say, and together may we find the words to bring your good news to those yearning to hear it. Make my unworthy words worthy, my poor offering rich. A prayer for Sermon Writingĭear God, I offer this sermon to you, and I ask that you grant me the grace to put such grace into words help me, an imperfect being, speak of perfection help me, a fallen being, speak of the one who has arisen. The other half is your interaction with it. So, what you have here is half the raw material for the preaching moment. Preaching happens when the words of the sermon and the attention of the listener mingle. A sermon is like looking at a musical score, while preaching is like listening to the music. Here are (almost) all of my sermons going back to 2008.