Christ’s Mandate: The Art of Loving Redeems Heartbreaking Memories
In the Name of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of Sacred Memories. Amen. Remembrance is a word that haunts Maundy Thursday. The word remembrance is in the Collect of the Day. It’s in the Passover story from Exodus. The Apostle Paul uses the […]
Serpents and Salvation: Facing Our Poisonous Fears and Trusting in God’s Grace
In the Name of the Healing Love and Grace of God. Amen. My first experience with a white supremacist took place in 2007 when I was a graduate student at Indiana University. That morning, I woke […]
Christ Transfigured Within: Plumbing the Depths of the Holy in You
Today is the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, also known as Quinquagesima: the Sunday that occurs immediately before Ash Wednesday, fifty days before Easter. This is the Sunday when the […]
Prejudice Disrupted: Creating Kinship in Our Own Nazareths Together
In the name of Jesus, God Incarnate, and son of Joseph from Nazareth in Galilee. Amen. David Brooks’ recent New York Times article begins with this statement: [2020] is the […]
In Wakeful, Dark Nights of the Soul, Suffering Reveals the Nearness of God
In the name of the Creator, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. This morning’s rather unsettling Gospel passage is excerpted from what is known as the Little Apocalypse – […]
Liberate Yourself from the Trap of Forgetting Who and Whose You Are
Proper 24 / Year A In the name of Jesus Christ, who liberates us from slavery. Amen. Sometimes we forget who we are and whose we are. We get so […]
Ahab or Christ: Grudges + Debt or Forgiveness + Freedom? Your Choice.
Proper 19, Year A In the name of God who forgives and liberates us in Christ. Amen. Student Loan Debt has now reached a record high of $1.56 trillion dollars. […]
Surrendering Faithfully: Trusting the Wisdom of Holy Dreamers
A Sermon for Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN by the Rev’d Craig Lemming, Associate Rector Sunday, August 9, 2020 – Proper 14, Year A In the […]
A Fallow Time for the Spirit: Water, Light and Shade Your Spiritual Garden
Sermon by the Rev’d Craig Lemming For St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN Sunday, July 12, 2020 – Proper 10, Year A In the Name of the […]
Seeing Like God: Seeing Jesus and Worshipping Him in the Marginalized
A Sermon for St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Saint Paul, MN By the Rev’d Craig Lemming, Associate Rector Sunday, June 7, 2020 – Trinity Sunday In the Name of […]
