Sharing the Bread of Life: Recent Episodes
Daniel Morris
God’s living and incarnate Word walks among us in preaching and teaching. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35) Trusting in Jesus’ promise we share the bread of life.
Text: Mark 14:43-15:47 (Mark’s passion narrative interspersed with a poetic reflection on the way of the cross.)
Text: Mark 11:1-11, 14:3-9 (Jesus rides into Jerusalem and a woman prophetically anoints him with oil.)
Text: Luke 1:15-25, 57-80 (After suffering years of bitter disappointment, Zechariah’s fatalism is transforms into faith.)
Text: Isaiah 40:1-11 (Isaiah proclaims God’s message of comfort and restoration to God’s people in exile.)
Text: Jeremiah 33:14-18 (Jeremiah speaks God’s good word while imprisoned in the besieged city of Jerusalem.)
2 Kings 22:1-20; 23:1-3 (A righteous king is moved to repentance by the law given through Moses.)
Text: 1 Kings 18:17-39 (Elijah goes up against the prophets of Baal to see whose god is God indeed.)
Text: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6:1-5; Psalm 150 (David unites the kingdom and brings the ark of God to Jerusalem.)
Text: Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9 (Moses reminds Israel of their covenant with God before they enter the Promised Land.)
Text: Exodus 1:8-2:10, 3:1-15 (Israel’s suffering in Egypt and Moses’s encounter at the burning bush.)
Text: Genesis 32:9-13, 22-30 (An unknown assailant attacks Jacob, renames him Israel, and blesses him.)
Text: Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 (The LORD promises Abraham that Sarah will bear him a son in their old age causing Sarah to laugh.)
Jeremiah pronounces God’s condemnation of the false prophets of Judah who strengthen unjust national policies and prevent the. nation from repenting by their witness.
Text: Luke 12:13-21 (Jesus gets dragged into an inheritance fight between two brothers)
Text: Luke 11:1-13 (Jesus teaches his disciples that God will always say “Yes” when they ask for the kingdom in prayer.)
Text: Luke 10:38-42 (Martha creates space in her house where her village can hear the message about God’s kingdom)
Text: Luke 9:51-62 (Jesus is rejected by a Samaritan village and speaks with several potential disciples)
Text: Luke 8:26-39 (Jesus heals an outcast possessed by many demons in the country of the Gerasenes)
Find out how the just peace of Christ differs from the unjust peace of the world. This sermon is based on John 14:23-29.
Ministry is not reserved for professionals, and it’s not about doing churchy things. YOU are called to a life of reconciliation in Jesus Christ through God’s word and the waters of baptism. This sermon is based on Acts 11:1-18.
St. Paul proclaims a broad understanding of salvation which challenges the narrow understanding presented in John’s gospel this morning. Paul unequivocally rejects all uses of the gospel that justify hatred of Judaism and disposes the Jewish people of God’s promises to them. This sermon is based on John 10:22-30.
Love is not as easy as it sounds, yet it is the most important commandment Jesus gave his disciples. Who do we love, and how does love transform the world? This sermon is based on John 21:1-19.
The empty tomb led to some of the greatest study and soul searching recorded in the Bible. How does Jesus’ resurrection impact your life? This sermon is based on the gospel according to Luke, the 24th chapter, verses 1-12.
Early Christianity was called “The Way”. Jesus demonstrates six ways of living in the world for which we crucified him. Follow him on his journey to the cross through six readings and reflections from the Passion narrative according to the gospel of John (chapter 18:1-19:42).
Jesus was crucified for being too political. If given the chance, how many of us would welcome his reign today? This sermon is based on the gospel according to Luke, the 19th chapter, verses 29-40.
Some considered the gospel to be worth more than their entire lives. What is the gospel worth to you? This sermon is based on Paul’s letter to the Philippians, chapter 3, verses 4b-14.
For a long time the gospel has been human-centered. Is there good news for the rest of creation? This sermon is based on Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth, chapter 5, verses 16-21.
Some people in he Bible interpreted tragedies as signs of God’s judgement. Can we? This sermon is based on Jesus’ dialogue with religious leaders and a parable recorded in Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32.
Those who put out good are supposed to get good back, but can we trust God when bad things happen to good people? This sermon is based on Abram’s lament over God’s apparent failure to fulfill God’s promise of blessing in Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18. (Preached on the second Sunday in Lent, March 17, 2019.)
In his sermon for the first Sunday in Lent Pr. Daniel looks at how easily we misuse scripture in our fight against the devil. He argues that the best way to resist the devil is to stay grounded in stories of God’s saving acts. This sermon is based on the gospel of Luke, the fourth chapter, verses 1-13.
In his sermon for Ash Wednesday Pr. Daniel identifies rest and the renewal of life as the heart of Lenten discipline. In Christ we are free to rest from constantly consuming the world around us, rest in the power of God through prayer, and give rest to our weary neighbors. This sermon is based on the gospel of Matthew, the sixth chapter, verses 1-6, 16-21.
In his sermon for Transfiguration Sunday Pr. Daniel overturns our ideas about holiness with the example of the cross. Through Christ, God suffers the fate of all who fall from holy heights and remakes the holy community at the foot of the mountain. This sermon is based on the gospel of Luke, the ninth chapter, verses 28-36.
In his sermon for the seventh Sunday after Epiphany Pr. Daniel spotlights our need to hear good news in a world that is full of bad news. Tune in to discover what the Bible says about our hope and our future as one humanity created by God. This sermon is based on Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, the fifteenth chapter, verses 35-38, 42-50.
In his sermon for the sixth Sunday after Epiphany Pr. Daniel compares two different ways of living in the world, one that is cursed by God and one that is blessed by God. He sees Christ living the blessed way and making the resulting fruits of mercy available to all. This sermon is based on the book of Jeremiah, chapter 17, verses 5-10.
In his sermon for the fifth Sunday after Epiphany Pr. Daniel identifies moments of grace that changed the course of human lives forever. He then invites us to consider what God’s grace has accomplished through us in the past year and what God’s grace might accomplish through us in the new year. This sermon is based on Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, the fifteenth chapter, verses 1-11.
In his sermon for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany Pr. Daniel challenges something we all take for granted, that God judges our fitness for eternal life and the kingdom of heaven by how we look, who we are, or what we have done. Instead, he proposes a different standard by which God judges the world. This sermon is based on Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, the thirteenth chapter, verses 1-13.
In his sermon for the third Sunday after Epiphany Pr. Daniel explores how God’s total identification with our flesh breathes new life into our estranged and dying bodies. The bodily ministry of Jesus Christ not only transforms our experience of God in the world, it also transforms our relationships with one another. This sermon is based on St. Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, the twelfth chapter, verses 12-31a.