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The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright

Why Some People Don't Catch Fish

Luke 5:1-11

5th Sunday after Epiphany - Year C

February 07, 2010

The Very Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

I'm a city boy, so I don't know much about fishing.  I don't watch the fishing channel or hang out with fishermen. All I know about fish is I like mine fried or Cajun style with some rice and vegetables on the side. 

I do know a fishing story is supposed to be flattering to the fisherman.  Fishermen are supposed to talk about the monster fish they hooked but that got away, or they're supposed to talk about the bait they use to make the fish just jump on your hook. 

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The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard

Finding Wild Space

John 2:1-11

Second Sunday after Epiphany - Year C

January 17, 2010

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

"They have no wine." 

I hear a question in Mary's voice as she points out to her son Jesus that the wedding guests have run out of wine. I hear a question that I carry deep within myself, a question familiar to many of us:  Will I have enough? Are we running out? Are we rich enough? Safe enough? Good enough? Will we go over the budget?  Can we put dinner on the table and keep the wolf from the door?

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Two Very Different Banquets

The Rev. Dr. Barbara K. Lundblad (ELCA)

The Rev. Dr. Barbara Lundblad, Lutheran minister and Joe R. Engle professor of preaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York, offers a compelling comparison between Herod's ghastly banquet--at which John the Baptist was beheaded--and Christ's feeding of the hungry crowd.

Bishop William H. Willimon Transcript

July 31, 2005

Extravagance

Bishop William H. Willimon (UMC)

Bishop William H. Willimon of the North Alabama Conference preaches a powerful sermon entitled "Extravagance" based on Matt. 14:13-21.