2015 Sermons
Below are the sermons from 2015. Each audio file begins by listing the scripture readings from which the sermon was drawn, but if you're ever curious, you can view the assigned readings for any given date at LectionaryPage.net.
Christmas 1 (December 27, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
3 ways to seek Jesus: Herod, priests, Magi / I lost my son in the mall… / Losing & seeking Jesus
Advent 4 (December 20, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Law as a grace? / God & animal sacrifice / Our ancient Greek idolatry / Magnificat, Mary as a model
Advent 3 (December 13, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Awareness vs action / Loving sin / Saying sorry, LIVING sorry / FIGHT / Good news(?): Fire is coming
Advent 2 (December 6, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
JOHN THE BAPTIST: Prophecy returns / Jordan’s odd meaning / Milton on Satan, Origen on John’s spirit
Advent 1 (November 29, 2015) by Fr. Bruce Waltke
Why on earth Bethlehem? / 3 prophecies in Matthew 2 / Numbering our days / Montezuma meets Cortez
Christ the King Sunday (November 22, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Pascal on loving the shadows / NT Wright on “three muddles” / CS Lewis’s meaning in the name Aslan
Proper 27 (November 8, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
RUTH / Naomi in the wilderness / Guess who Boaz’s momma was! / Born into a curse, wed to Redemption
Proper 26 (November 1, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
ALL SAINTS sermon / All our heroes are dead / Jesus’ love keeps him away? / CS Lewis: why Jesus wept
Proper 25 (October 25, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
BLIND BARTIMAEUS / Me as Jesus=FAIL / Jesus’ silence is neither apathy nor antipathy / Pascal’s rant
Proper 24 (October 18, 2015) by Fr. Robert Dalgleish
Man’s presumption, God’s sarcasm? / Mother Teresa & Velveteen Rabbit saints / Lewis: “But so it is”
Proper 23 (October 11, 2015) by Dcn. Jen Roach
Life under layers of labels / God as “hyper-sovereign”? / Facing our suffering, finding God’s favor
Proper 22 (October 4, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Jesus to Pharisees: You're no John Kennedy / DIVORCE: Moses & Scribal tradition / When life fails us
Proper 21 (September 27, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
The complete book of Esther in 30 minutes / Rethinking irony / A Bible book that never mentions God!
Proper 20 (September 20, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Proverbs 31: An excellent wife, a contentious text / 7 Brides for 7 Brothers?? / What wisdom values
Proper 19 (September 13, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Proverbs 1: Meet Wisdom / “Fear of the Lord”? / Wisdom or DEATH / When honey no longer seems sweet
Proper 18 (September 6, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Did Jesus just call her a dog?! / She's the bellwether (bell-wearer) / Faith presses in, pushes back
Proper 17 (August 30, 2015) by Fr. Robert Dalgleish
Epithets and epitaphs / James and self-directed anger / Are you disponible? / Monastic hospitality
Proper 16 (August 23, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Awkward images / Praying with Solomon's dubiety / Spiritual warfare a la Jaws / Armor for standing
Proper 15 (August 16, 2015) by Fr. Bruce Waltke
Homily as lectio divina / Jacob to Israel / Real change by God’s severe mercy / Virtue from vice
Proper 14 (August 9, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
St. Paul of the Utilikilt store / Spiritually "wear this not that" / We Absaloms of God's pity
Proper 13 (August 2, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Rock paper scissors misjudges rock / Seriously: walk worthy / People of faith AND faithful people
Proper 12 (July 26, 2015) by Dcn. Jen Roach
The whole meal of God's Word, bread (it's not just a side dish), and when God de-dragons a person
Proper 11 (July 19, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
David's wish, what's with the hem of Jesus' garment?, Jesus vs Ralph Waldo Emerson on "the masses"
Proper 10 (July 12, 2015) by Joe Farrell, guest speaker from International Justice Mission (IJM)
Grocery line injustice?, stories of gross oppression & effective advocacy, Muscle Beach & the Church
Proper 9 (July 5, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Hostile homecoming, beware the leaven of __ (guess again), Jesus in Nazareth & Eastwood in a Western
Proper 8 (June 28, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Desperate escape from quarantine, she whom Jesus calls daughter, faith in reach at despair’s summit
Proper 7 (June 21, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Psalm 23’s original death valley, accusations of divine apathy, fear in the boat with Jesus & Jonah
Proper 6 (June 14, 2015) by Fr. Robert Dalgleish
The new Epicureans, a secret sewn into Paschal’s jacket, Jesus’ invitation into faith & imagination
Proper 5 (June 7, 2015) by Fr. Dr. Bruce Waltke
An elephant in the room of Genesis 3, the shape of Tempter and temptation, down the dangerous ladder
Trinity Sunday (May 31, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
A single triune God, doing theology with curious revelation, relationship with One relationally full
Pentecost Sunday (May 24, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
A mysteriously missing verse, the Spirit's unpopular work, judgment in anti-“judgy” times
Ascension Sunday, Easter 7 (May 17, 2015) by Fr. Aaron Burt
Merging multiple accounts of the ascension, neither Home Depot nor Lowe's, risen from AND risen TO