Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCome, Holy Spirit
The two great symbols of the descent of the Holy Spirit are wind and tongues of fire. Wind is powerful, unpredictable, destructive, like the Spirit w…
22 years, 1 month ago
The Ascension of the Lord
The feast of the Ascension is meant to awaken hope. In Jesus, risen from the dead and ascended to the right hand of the Father, our lowly human natur…
22 years, 1 month ago
Paul's Basic Message
Last week we explored the central teaching of St. Paul: to live in Christ Jesus. This week, we draw out four implications from this teaching: the cor…
22 years, 1 month ago
Being in Christ
Last week we looked at the life and times of Paul, the person who, after Jesus himself, is the most influential figure in the formation of the Christ…
22 years, 1 month ago
Paul the Apostle
During the Easter season, we are reading from the book of the Acts of the Apostles. Though John, Philip, Peter, and James are all featured in Acts, t…
22 years, 2 months ago
Victory Day
Easter is the dawn of a new creation. St. John tells us that Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early on the morning of the first day of the week. This …
22 years, 2 months ago
The Lesson of the Prodigal Son
Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the most memorable, carefully crafted, and inspiring stories ever told. In some ways, the whole of the C…
22 years, 3 months ago
The Adventure of Faith
We have a God of adventure, a God who is always out ahead of us. Faith, in the Biblical sense of the term, is not primarily the acquiesence to propos…
22 years, 4 months ago
Jesus is Tempted in the Desert
Jesus is driven by the Spirit into the desert in order to be tempted by the devil. The three temptations--to sensual pleasure, to power, and to pride…
22 years, 4 months ago
Four Reasons to Love Your Enemies
One of the most challenging and disconcerting of Jesus' commands is to love our enemies. In this sermon, I will explore four reasons why this moral d…
22 years, 4 months ago