Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
So here we are, once again...“low Sunday,” the Sunday after Easter. The term ostensibly refers to church attendance: presumably, everyone who is not here today and, some of us who are, exhausted their religious energy last week. ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
In his book Look Homeward Angel, Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” The poet Robert Frost wrote, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” And this morning, Jesus tried ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
Welcome to the last Sunday of the Christian year – traditionally recognized as the feast of ‘Christ the King’. As all my church nerds know, next week is Advent -the start of a new Christian year. But this week we ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
I really need to get in the habit of looking at the lectionary whenever Tim is kind enough to invite me to preach here at Holy Trinity. My last sermon was on that oh-so-friendly text dealing with the beheading of John the Baptist. So ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
Our Gospel reading this morning is a gory one. When we think of beheadings, or, at least when I think of beheadings, my mind goes to grainy video clips, of men holding assault rifles, with their faces covered, and somebody kneeling down in front of ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
There are things we do as children, that when I look back on now, don’t make a bit of sense to me. I’m not talking about things that just seem simple now that I’m older, like hide and seek, or a 10 piece puzzle set. I’m ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
“You do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.” It’s funny what you miss when you don’t have cable television. When I was in graduate school, my roommate and I debated whether or not we wanted to get cable. ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
Those of us who spend a lot of time in church, have heard the story of the transfiguration so often that we may think of it as a public event. But we do well when we are reminded that, at least according to Mark, the transfiguration was not a ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
One of the best descriptions we have of Jesus inviting people to be disciples, and to join him in mission, is found in this morning’s reading from Mark 1:16-18: These verses are where we get one of the most popular images for evangelism: The ...Speaker: The Rev. Nathan M. Finnin
When one goes to seminary to become an Episcopal Priest, one of the courses one takes is a course on preaching. But that doesn’t sound fancy enough for most of us, so somewhere down the line, someone suggested we call it homiletics, ...