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Chain reaction of love
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at Trinity, Fort Worth, on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 22, 2022. —– Trinity Fort Worth 2022 6 Easter – Year C May 22 It’s wonderful to see you in person. It’s been three years since we have gathered for Confirmations, although we have celebrated your new ministry with your new rector, Robert. I want to express my gratitude for the way you navigated the pandemic as a congregation: the innovative…
Seeking what is real
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Decatur, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 3, 2022. —— Resurrection Decatur 2022 5 Lent – Year C April 3 I have had the privilege to hear one of the great evangelical preachers speak a couple of times: Tony Campolo. If you are not familiar with him, Dr Campolo is a Baptist, a sociologist, a pastor, a spiritual advisor to presidents, and a progressive. …
Centering our relationship with God
This is the sermon the Rev. Paula Jefferson preached on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of St. Mary’s Hillsboro, the oldest continuing congregation in our diocese. —— In the sixth month Gabriel is a very busy angel. As God’s messenger in Luke’s Gospel, this guy is gaining quite a reputation. Everywhere he appears, he disrupts the status quo of lives. Two women who should not be pregnant … will be pregnant. The husband and…
Love others . . .
This is the sermon the Rev. Kevin Johnson preached on the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, February 20, 2022, at St. Alban’s, Theatre Arlington. ——– And Jesus said, “I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you…do to others as you would have them do to you. And Joseph said (to his brothers who had sold him into slavery) do not be…
“I am not throwing away my shot”
This is the sermon the Rev. Paula Jefferson preached at the featured live streamed worship on the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 6, 2022, at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller. ——– I am not throwing away my shot. Last Wednesday evening, I had the chance to see Hamilton at Bass Hall in Fort Worth. I also had the chance, compliments of Mother Nature, to have a dicey sleigh ride home. Outside, it was cold, wet, and icy. But inside Bass Hall,…
“Are you God?”
This is the sermon the Rev. Karen Calafat preached on the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Christ the King, November 22, 2020. —————————- One cold winter’s day a 10-year-old boy was standing barefoot in front of a shoe store, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and asked him what he was doing. “I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,” he said. The lady took him by the hand and went…
A chain reaction of love
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at St. Luke’s, Stephenville, on Sunday, September 8, 2019. St Luke’s Stephenville 2019 13 Pentecost – Proper 17C September 8 Every time we celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation we say together the Baptismal Covenant, reminding ourselves that we are called into the Body of Christ as living members the Body – all equally needed and equally valued – and, we are called into the Body for a purpose beyond ourselves: to proclaim…
Married to amazement
Bishop Scott Mayer visited St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, on Sunday, April 7. He preached this sermon. Listen to the podcast or read the text below. St Martin’s, Keller 2019 5 Lent – Year C April 7 Maybe you’ve heard the story about a Greyhound who retired from dog-racing during his prime. If you’ve ever been to a dog-track, you know that it’s true that Greyhounds race against each other. But, in reality they are chasing something. At the end of…
The way of love
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, on January 13, 2019. All Saints Fort Worth 2019 1 Epiphany January 13 Now, as always – when we celebrate baptism or confirmation – we will say together the Baptismal Covenant, reminding ourselves that we are called into the Body of Christ for a purpose beyond ourselves: to proclaim and…
Arise, shine, for your light has come
This is the sermon the Rev. Canon Janet Waggoner preached at Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 2018. Epiphany – Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 I speak to you in the name of the Living God – Holy Trinity, ever One. Amen. “Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.” As you sit here today, in the midst of the…
Epiphany III
The Episcopal Church of Wichita Falls – Wichita Falls, Texas Year C – Epiphany III Readings: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 I speak to you in the name of the Living God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord And we pray that our unity may one day be restored And…