Epiphany
The Ending of this Comedy: Love Wins
Love wins. The ending is a good one: death and sin have been defeated once and for all. So choose love. It is more than enough.
Epiphany
These Are Rituals That Shape Us
Every time we pray the Eucharistic Prayer and partake in Holy Communion, we remember this night, and we remember the charge Jesus gave his disciples before his death, the charge to love one another.
Epiphany
In Which Parade Are We Marching?
It is so easy for all of us to both sing “glory to our Redeemer King” and then fully reject his kingship, his way of love, when it comes to the other.
Epiphany
Choosing True Joy by Choosing Sacrifice
We know that a life of sacrifice to God and others is where true joy is to be found, where laying down our own lives is the greatest love.
Epiphany
Joan, Bob, and All the Company of Heaven
May we take comfort today in knowing that Angels, Archangels, Bob, and now Joan are forever singing hymns together to proclaim the glory of God’s name.
Epiphany
A God Who Refuses to Keep Score
Keeping score works if you need winners and losers, if you have a championship to fight for, but it has no place in God’s kingdom.
Epiphany
Pour Some Manure on Me, Church
We do this repentance thing together, you see, shovels in hand and manure nearby, tending to each other as best we can, and always with God’s grace and patience and help.
Epiphany
A Faithful God, Empowering Us to Love
We are tasked today simply with radiating the glory and love of God through our own lives, and if we do that together, with God’s help, then we can trust that the entire world will be changed.
Epiphany
The Cure for our Infected Hearts
Love is for all, without reserve or measure, and we are invited to that kind of love for their sake, for our own sake, and for our world's.
Epiphany
The Mysterium Tremendum by the Lake
Simon and the future disciples made space for something good for their souls in a world of failure and disappointment, and there, they met God.
Epiphany
Peace, Joy, and Love in a Broken World
God is still at work amid the pain, amid the cruelty. And, we are invited as Christians to join in God’s redeeming work in the world, working toward a society where all are honored and respected and loved.
Sermons
Bishop Marianne Budde's Sermon on Unity
With a commitment to unity, and the solid foundations of dignity, honesty, and humility that such unity requires, we can do our part to help realize the ideals and the dream of America.