Sermon 4 Pentecost–Proper 6-C June 12, 2016 William Bradbury 1 Kings 21:1-21a, Psalm 5:1-8, Galatians 2:15-21, Luke 7:36-8:3 When we come into this world our parents already have a story about who we will be and as we grow up they tell us this story over and over: If our parents are...
Sermon 3 Pentecost—Proper 5-C June 5, 2016 William Bradbury 1 Kings 17:8-24, Psalm 146, Galatians 1:11-24, Luke 7:11-17 I spent several hours Friday night at my stepson’s graduation from Masconomet High School in Boxford. The band had to play “Pomp And Circumstance” for 30 minutes in order to get...
Sermon 2 Pentecost—Year C May 29, 2016 William Bradbury 1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 96, Galatians 1:1-12, Luke 7:1-10 My hometown of Atlanta was known in the 1960’s as “the city too busy to hate” because, unlike a number of southern and northern cities, Atlanta had not had any race riots. That is not...
Sermon Trinity Sunday May 22, 2016 William Bradbury Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, Psalm 8, Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15 Although we think we live in a secular culture people still manage to toss around the word ‘god’ quite a bit, sometimes as a cuss word, sometimes as a plea or a thanks,...
Sermon Pentecost May 15, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 2:1-21, Romans 8:14-17, Psalm 104:25-35, 37, John 14:8-17, (25-27) Someone once said, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”. And that’s true: for instance everyone you meet is carrying the burden of having to die. Everyone you meet struggles with...
Sermon Ascension Day May 8, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:44-53 She was born in London on April 21, 1926. Upon the death of her father, King George VI, Elizabeth ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952. This does not mean she levitated into...
Sermon Easter 6—Year-C May 1, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, John 14:23-29 In the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams”, Kevin Costner plays Ray Kinsella, a novice Iowa farmer who keeps hearing a voice telling him, “If you build it, they will come.” So finally in faithfulness to the...
Sermon Easter 5—Year C April 24, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 148, Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35 In order to understand what all the fuss is about in the reading from Acts get in touch with those foods the thought of which makes you uncomfortable: maybe gas station sushi, or...
Sermon Easter 4 April 17, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30 Today the creators of our lectionary readings do us no favors by leaving out two crucial verses in the Gospel reading for today: one before the beginning and one right after. In verse 20 some of the...
Sermon Easter 3—Year C April 10, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), Psalm 30, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19 Most of you will remember Margaret Thatcher back in the 1980’s when she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One day she is touring a nursing home when she meets a woman who doesn’t...
