Father David: Prophetic Voices

Father David's very timely homily is based on yesterday's reading from the book of Amos as well as Jesus's speech in Matthew 23:

It's almost as if Amos and Jesus were responding to today's headlines, isn't it?

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Father David: On the Road Again

The Lessons Appointed for Use on the

Second Sunday of Pentecost

Father David shares a very timely message today, as the world recoils in shock from Trump's overnight bombing of Iran.

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Sunday Drive: Holy, Holy, Holy!

The Lessons Appointed for Use on the

First Sunday after Pentecost:

Trinity Sunday

Lyrics are found here.

Bonus:  Father David's sermon for today has a profound message for believers and unbelievers alike.  I recommend it to all my truckbuddies.

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Easter 2025: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

Christus Consolator, Bloch, 1881

The Lessons Appointed for Use on

Easter Day 

After two gray, drizzly days, today we awoke to high blue skies, puffy white clouds, soft breeezes, and brilliant sunshine,  Perfect.

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M.P. enjoyed these sermons very much.

In his Easter sermon, Father David has an unusual take on Jesus's appearance to Mary Magdalene:

And the Bishop of Washington, the Right Reverend Mariann Budde, recounts what she told a Dutch TV crew about the meaning of Easter:

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Father David: Prophetic Voices

Our faith is not about being nice -- it's about being real.

Wow.  Father David tells it like it is:

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Father David: Mystery

There are some very timely thoughts in Father David's homily on yesterday's Gospel lesson, Luke 13:1-9:

At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them--do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did."

What I Say:  Father David is a brilliant man, a fine speaker; but his thoughts today leave us up in the air.  Christianity, in my view, is not so incomprehensible as he seems to suggest.  There are mysteries and imponderables; but the essential message of Christ seems clear and plain to me:  trust in God and do good, loving your neighbor as yourself.  This message was also given by the Hebrew prophets:  What doth God require of thee, O man, but to do justly and love mercy and walk humbly with thy God? 

Here is a favorite psalm of your Head Trucker's which also bears a timely message for us today.  The painting beautifully illustrates the storm recorded in Luke 8:22-25.

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Father David: What's First

A brilliant homily on yesterday's Gospel reading for the first Sunday of Lent:

After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone.'"

Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'"

Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 

When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.

--Luke 4:1-13

 

"Through compassion and self-giving, through self-emptying and generosity, we are invited to glimpse this ultimate reality . . . .  'In Christ, God becomes human so that humans may become God, sharing in the diving nature.'"

This is the Christian faith. 

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Father David: Rituals (and Tyranny)

Yesterday's video sermon from Father David, a retired Episcopal priest in Hawaii.  This is a brilliant meditation on rituals, mythology, life, death, and resurrection.  Well worth a listen if you care about spiritual things.

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Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The Lessons appointed for use on

The First Sunday of Advent

On this first day of the church year, Father David shares some timely thoughts on endings and beginnings:

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Send in the Clowns

Fellas, I just can't bear to blog about the news right now.  It's like a hideous nightmare that I can't wake up from.  Horrible.  Nauseating.  So instead of my thoughts, I'll share those of Father David, who gives me and M.P. some helpful inspiration.  He hits the nail on the head in this sermonette, and says what I want to say but can't.

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What Comes Next

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The Heart of the Matter

Father David is a retired Episcopal priest.  I just came across some of his short videos made before the election.  I think they are still very relevant and inspirational.  See what you think.

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