Homily 647 – 3 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa June 29, 2025 Epistle:  (88) Romans 5: 1-10 and (193) 2 Corinthians 11:21-12:9 Gospel:  (18) Matthew 6:22-33 and (67) Matthew 16:13-19 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. This may be my favorite passage in the…

Homily 646 – 2 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa June 22, 2025 Epistle:  (81-ctr) – Romans 2:10-16 and (330) – Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Gospel:  (9) Matthew 4:18-23 and (10) Matthew 4:25-5:12 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Liturgically, the reading for All Saints of North…

Homily 645 – 1 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa June 15, 2025 Epistle:  (330) – Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Gospel:  (38, mid-79) Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Today we remember all the saints, known to us and those known only to…

Homily 644 – 8 Pascha Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa June 8, 2025 Epistle:  (3) Acts 2:1-11 Gospel:  (27) John 7:37-52; 8:12 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Pentecost is generally recognized as the birth of the Church.  I thought this morning, we might talk…

Homily 642 – 6 Pascha Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa May 25, 2025 Epistle:  (38) – Acts 16:16-34 and (176) – 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 Gospel:  (34) – John 9:1-38 and (40) – Matthew 11:2-15 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God.  Christ is risen! During my…

Homily 641 – 5 Pascha Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa May 18, 2025 Epistle:  (28) – Acts 11:19-26, 29-30 Gospel:  (12) – John 4:5-42 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Christ is risen! The Samaritan Woman – the woman at the well – is never…

Homily 640 – 4 Pascha Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa May 11, 2025 Epistle:  (334) – Hebrews 13:7-16 Gospel:  (14) – John 5:1-15 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Christ is risen! We have another intersection within the festal calendar of the Church today.  Like…

Homily 636 – 5GL Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa April 6, 2025 Epistle:  (321-ctr) Hebrews 9:11-14 and (208) Galatians 3:23-29 Gospel:  (47) Mark 10:32-45 and (33) Luke 7:36-50 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God. I gotta tell you, there is so much going on this…

Homily 635 – 4GL Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa March 30, 2025 Epistle:  (314) Hebrews 6:13-20 and (229) Ephesians 5:9-19 Gospel:  (40) Mark 9:17-31 and (10) Matthew 4:25-5:12 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Lent is hard.  Denying ourselves is hard.  Conceptionally it is easy…

Homily 634 – 3GL Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa March 23, 2025 Epistle:  (311) Hebrews 4:14-5:6 Gospel:  (37) Mark 8:34-9:1 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Every time I put on a cross, whether the baptismal cross I wear next to my skin or the…