Category Archives: Postcards

A sermon for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 10, 2023, offered at the Church of the Messiah, in Heflin, Alabama. Principal Text: Exodus 12:1-14 and Matthew 18:15-20 “Both these parts of our liturgy (reconciliation and Eucharist) shape us each week, and we continue them because Jesus said to and because we need to. OurContinueContinue reading “Liturgical Interruptions”

A sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 27, 2023, offered at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama. Principal text: Exodus 1:8-2:10 “In our history books, women are often relegated to the position of supporting characters, when they are remembered at all. But on this day when we recall the powerful witnessContinueContinue reading “Midwives & The Philadelphia Eleven”

A sermon offered for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 20, 2023, at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin, Alabama. Principal text: Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28. “So whatever it means to be Jesus, son of David, incarnate God, it means that Jesus walks on water and calms the storm on one day, and theContinueContinue reading “What would Jesus do?”

A sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration, August 6, 2023, offered at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Alabaster, Alabama. Principal text: Luke 9:28-36. “So what does Barbenheimer have to do with the Feast of the Transfiguration? A fair question to ask. I would say surprisingly a lot.” https://youtu.be/6XDge6nPEUw Audio only

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Washington, DC. Photo taken by Kelley Hudlow on March 29, 2023. Holy week is about remembering. Holy Week invites us to slow down and to remember. Each worship service recalls the last days of Jesus’ life as we journey again to the cross. Our calendar of Lesser Feasts andContinueContinue reading “Remembering: A postcard for Tuesday in Holy Week”