The Healing Power of Theodical Spirituality

Readings for the Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25 Year B Track 1) Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22) Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Sausalito CA on October 25, 2015. In 1940, Anglican author and apologist C.S. Lewis wrote a book titled The Problem of Pain, which seeks to […]

Anchored in Grace

Readings for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24 Year B Track 1) Job 38:1-7 Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37b Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45 This sermon was preached at Grace Episcopal Church in Martinez CA on October 18, 2015. This last July, while participating in a conference at St. Louis University, I visited the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, […]

The Empathy of St. Francis

Readings for the Feast Day of St. Francis Galatians 6:14-18 Psalm 148:7-14 Matthew 11:25-30 This sermon was preached at Grace Episcopal Church in Martinez CA on October 4, 2015. There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of Assisi. After school, a First Grader came home very excited about what he had […]