Sunday

Who Owes Whom

ByBarry 2010/11/092010/12/06

Date: October 24, 2010

Liturgical Sunday: Pentecost 22 / Proper 25/30

RCL Scripture: Psalm 65; Joel 2:23-32; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14

Sermon Title: Who owes whom?

There is very little that can’t be included in all that we owe God.

Who Owes Whom – Knox Presbyterian

[audio:https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/20101024-Knox.mp3|titles=Who Owes Whom – Knox]

Who Owes Whom – St. Mark’s Presbyterian

[audio:https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/20101024-St.Marks.mp3|titles=Who Owes Whom – St Marks]

Pentecost | Preaching | Sunday | Year B
But what do we do?
ByBarry 2024/11/172024/11/17
How often do you find yourself asking what you should do? Maybe never but probably at least now and then. I don’t know about you but I am most likely to ask the question “What should I/we do?” when I am faced with a situation that seems to demand I do something. I read about…
Read More But what do we do?
Advent | Sunday
Second Sunday of Advent – Peace
ByBarry 2010/12/052010/12/06
Date: December 5, 2010 Liturgical Sunday: Advent 2 RCL Scripture: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 Sermon Title: Peace Knox Presbyterian [audio:https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/101205-Knox1.mp3|titles=Peace] St. Mark’s Presbyterian [audio:https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/101205-St-Marks.mp3|titles=Peace] This week’s sermon is on peace. In a sense there isn’t much to say about peace but our Lectionary texts give us the opportunity to reflect…
Read More Second Sunday of Advent – Peace
Advent | Preaching | Sunday | Year B
Hope for a new year!
ByBarry 2020/11/292020/11/29
It is a new year, really. Not a new calendar but a new Liturgical year, a new church year. Even though the church uses the same calendar you use for lots of things, the church year is different from the calendar. It begins with the First Sunday of Advent, which this year is November 29…
Read More Hope for a new year!
Pentecost | Preaching | Sunday | Year B
Story time or gifts?
ByBarry 2024/08/042024/08/04
As it turned out we got both “story time” and “gifts.” The story was the rest of the sordid story of one of the lowest points in David’s kingship. The gifts centred around a single gift, namely the gift of the prophet. I am consistently amazed at how the compilers of the Lectionary bring texts…
Read More Story time or gifts?
Lent | Preaching | Sunday | Year A
Why ask why?
ByBarry 2017/03/26
There is something fundamentally human about the need to know why something happened. I assume it is fundamentally human because my friends and acquaintances all seem to do it and Jesus’ disciples did it thousands of years ago. The Gospel lesson for today is the whole of John 9. The story revolves around a man…
Read More Why ask why?
Pentecost | Sunday
So what’s a saint to do?
ByBarry 2011/10/30
Date: October 30, 2011 Liturgical Sunday: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost RCL Scripture: Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37; Joshua 3:7-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13; Matthew 23:1-12 Sermon Title: So what’s a saint to do? Knox Presbyterian [audio:https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/111030_-_Knox.mp3|titles=So what’s a saint to do?] [audio:https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/111030_-_St_Marks.mp3|titles=So what’s a saint to do?] As I mention in the introductions to both sermons, ordinarily I preach on…
Read More So what’s a saint to do?

2 Comments

Gordon says:
2010/11/09 at 12:57
An interesting take on the scripture of the day.
Reply
Barry says:
2010/12/07 at 14:38
I have never been too afraid of putting myself and my life into sermons, it seems to me that if anyone is going to be up “there” in front of people the very least s/he can provide is an honest take on how the topic relates to the speaker.
This text is one that is very close to me and has meant a great deal to me, as I discuss in the sermon(s).
Reply

Similar Posts

2 Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply