Homily for the Last Sunday after Pentecost
Luke’s account of the crucifixion that we just heard is different from the other evangelists’ accounts. For example in Luke (and only in Luke) “the people” (and not just the soldiers or the scribes and Pharisees, but “the people”) “stood by, watching.” In Luke (and only in Luke) Jesus prays, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”
Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Her hawk always came back—but each time letting the hawk go risked that the hawk would not return and risked rekindling in that sense of “holes. Absences. Losses. Things that were there and are no longer...
Homily for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Though we might think of him as the “nice guy” evangelist who tells beloved, seemingly-benign stories, such as that of the Good Samaritan, Luke hits us right where we can feel it...
Homily for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
When I was in fourth grade, my parents enrolled me in the local Catholic school. The funny thing was that I wasn’t Catholic. But the parochial system offered a better education than the public schools. If I had any doubt about that, it was made abundantly clear on my first day when I simply couldn’t keep up with all of the other kids shouting...
Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Though one might think that pledging is not about zeal for Christ and the Gospel and more about maintaining an institution, Paul’s letters suggest otherwise. The later letters say almost nothing about giving money to God and God’s work...
Most of the homilies are given by the Rector, the Rev. Todd L. Miller. All others are delivered by homilists as noted. Please consider coming to Trinity some Sunday for a visit!
