A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake Episcopal Church, Canyon Lake, TX.The lectionary readings for the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost are here. We are starting with a quiz this morning. If you don’t want to answer out loud, grab a pencil and make notes in your bulletin. Are you ready?What does the HebrewContinue reading “Mind How You Go”
Author Archives: Nancy Springer
Waiting
A sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, San Antonio, TX.The Lectionary readings for the ninth Sunday after Pentecost are here. Good morning, I’m so happy to be here with y’all this morning. I don’t know how much Mother Carrie has told you about me but she and I first met 10 years ago thisContinue reading “Waiting”
Burials and Baptisms
A Sunday reflection for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost.The lectionary readings are here. In July, we’ve had two funerals and today we end this month with the baptism of a precious two-year old. Not an extraordinary set of events at a church, and yet these occasions are the times we pause and look at life,Continue reading “Burials and Baptisms”
Living Prayer
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, TX.The lectionary readings for the seventh Sunday after Pentecost are here. Have you been praying for rain? Are you also carrying an umbrella? Almost 2 months ago I preached another sermon about prayer. It was the Sunday after the shooting in Uvalde and inContinue reading “Living Prayer”
Jesus, Don’t You Care?
A Sunday reflection.The lectionary readings for the sixth Sunday after Pentecost are here. My grandmother taught me about hospitality. It didn’t matter what time you showed up at her house or how many people there were, she laid out a feast. Now, granted this was back before there were entire tv networks devoted to tryingContinue reading “Jesus, Don’t You Care?”
Neighbors
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, Tx.The lectionary readings for the fifth Sunday after Pentecost are here. So, for those of you who were here two weeks ago, what do you remember about the Samaritans? For those where weren’t here, here’s the Reader’s Digest version: Samaritans are a religious peopleContinue reading “Neighbors”
Now You’re just Meddlin’
A Sunday reflection for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost.The lectionary readings for today are here. The title of this piece comes from an old preacher joke about two folks who were excited about a new preacher and encouraging her to preach against all the ills of the world – lying, cheating, stealing, etc., until sheContinue reading “Now You’re just Meddlin’”
Life & Love
My heart is so sad. 51 lives. Human lives. Beloved children of God lives. Created in the image of God lives. And we have to include the human, beloved children, image of God people who didn’t die, because they were treated the same. I can’t even come up with a suitable metaphor for how theyContinue reading “Life & Love”
Be Still
I love the story of the Prophet Elijah – well, I guess ‘love’ can be a bit misleading. It definitely isn’t a happy-go-lucky kind of story but more of a document-drama that’s hard to watch but nevertheless has much to offer us all these many years later. I really appreciate what we can learn fromContinue reading “Be Still”
Like Jesus
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, Texas.The lectionary readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost are here. What do you know about Samaritans? I’m fairly certain, even if this were your first time ever in a church service, you’d be familiar with the phrase “Good Samaritan” and perhaps even theContinue reading “Like Jesus”
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