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Stop obsessing about your personal salvation
“At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico...
Church of the Incarnation
May 10, 20225 min read


A Tale of theodicy and idolatry: the illusion of ever forward progress
One of the outcomes of the Church’s division in the 16th century and ensuing thought about the end times being near, was a shift in how...
Church of the Incarnation
May 1, 20224 min read


Being a disciple is not coffee hours and roast beef dinners: "as the Father sent me, so I send you."
This morning’s Gospel reading continues the incredible sightings of the resurrected Jesus. It’s the first day of the week and the...
Church of the Incarnation
Apr 24, 20224 min read


Resurrection Transformation and Baptism into Christ: Welcome Zara!
Our account of Jesus’s resurrection this morning is my favorite. Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved get to the grave and...
Church of the Incarnation
Apr 17, 20225 min read


On this Good Friday: Who Are You Before God?
I have yet to experience an Incarnation tradition for reading the Passion narrative on Good Friday thanks to COVID restrictions. In other...
Church of the Incarnation
Apr 15, 20224 min read


Kingdom Building: The sinful way versus God's way; which path are you on?
I want to begin this sermon with an obvious recognition of the stark contrast, a contradiction to be precise, between the Kingdom...
Church of the Incarnation
Apr 10, 20226 min read


Lent 3: Suffering is Common to All; but it does not have to define who we are
How have you been tested in your life? I know some of you or those you love have been diagnosed with cancers, or Alzheimer’s, with...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 20, 20225 min read


Lent 2: Are you a Pharisee?
One of my favorite people I’ve encountered in the Church is now a Coptic Orthodox priest in Toronto. I met him initially because his...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 13, 20224 min read


Maybe Freud was Right About Some Stuff: The Unconscious, Habits, Temptations and Transformation
In the beginning God created all things, including us, to be images of him in the world he made and so to remain in relationship with him...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 6, 20225 min read


Ashes to Ashes: What Shall Remain?
I’m going to summarize our Gospel lesson for this Ash Wednesday: Don’t use God to point to yourself, Jesus warns the disciples. Don’t...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 4, 20224 min read
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