Hearing the Voice of Jesus in the Anglican Way

Some people read the Bible seeking black-and-white answers to “some of lifes persistent questions,” but that approach doesn’t work well for me. Anglicanism has historically been sufficiently flexible to allow people to have differing understandings of the Bible, even opposing views, and yet to remain in communion with one another. Would that it were still so! This ermon was delivered April 29, 2007, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Mullens, West Virginia (Easter 4 Year C).

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“Doubting Thomas” – An Alternate View

Thomas is famous for appearing to deny the risen Lord, but is that what the Bible says? This sermon is a personal example of how a few words, previously skimmed over, can and did change my view of what happens with Thomas. The intent of this sermon is not to convert anyone to my point of view, but to explore how Scripture speaks to us. Delivered at Ascension Episcopal Church, Hinton, West Virginia, on April 15, 2007.

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The Last Supper

Maundy Thursday is the day on which Jesus eats the Last Supper with the twelve apostles. The name comes from the Latin which is the root for the English “mandate,” and refers to the “new coommandment” that we love one another as Christ loved us. (In the Jewish reckoning of days, what we know as a Thursday evening meal took place on Friday, the same day as the crucifixion.) The traditional foot-washing of that service demonstrates the servant nature of that love. Delivered at Ascension Episcopal Church, Hinton, WV, April 5, 2007.

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