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Preaching the Scriptures: April 2015

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, April 26, 2015. 125 Years: A Love Letter [Easter 4B]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. 125 Years: A Love Letter. The year was 1890. And the Christians of Trinity Episcopal Church, in Toledo, Ohio, recognized a need in their city. On the outskirts of town, over by the wagon wheel factory and the train tracks, was a neighborhood made up of immigrants and the working poor. God called and they responded. They took a chance. They planted a seed. Folks have always put a lot of ...

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Preaching the Scriptures: March 2015

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Lonely Jesus [Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. The Passion according to Mark. In the end, on the cross, he was alone. Just utterly and completely alone. Everyone else, all those who promised to stay, left and he died alone. It wasn't always that way. There used to be crowds – not mocking crowds, not gawking crowds. Adoring crowds, at least fascinated crowds. They are there but they are no longer with him. When he first ...

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Preaching the Scriptures: July 2015

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Part 1: Basic Bread [Proper 12B]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. Part 1: Basic Bread. This story starts rather simply. It will become increasingly complex, but at the first it is simple. It is a feeding story. In it people will eat. They will eat basic bread. They will eat basic fish. They will have full bellies. Jesus meets a basic human need. For five weeks, this being the first, we will live in this sixth chapter of John's Gospel. That is the why.

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Preaching the Scriptures: January 2015

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, January 18, 2015. Come and See [Epiphany 2B: Parish Annual Meeting Sunday]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. Man, was Philip asking for it. Is a dangerous thing to say; it is risky. And of all people, Philip chooses Nathanael. His incredibly skeptical friend, his somewhat prejudiced friend. This is the man he invites to meet Jesus; this is the one he invites to. We shouldn't be too hard on Philip. It's not really his fault. One is not born saying. It is what Jesus says.

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Preaching the Scriptures: December 2014

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Thursday, December 25, 2014. A New Reality [Christmas Day 2014]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. It has only been three and a half years, but sometimes I forget what it was like before I had a child. Sometimes my son will appear in memories in which he does not belong – as if he were photo-shopped into a moment that once belonged to just me and my wife. And usually it will be my wife who reminds me that that happened before we had kids. It just feels like he has always been there.

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Preaching the Scriptures: Part Four: Eating Jesus [Proper 15B]

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, August 16, 2015. Part Four: Eating Jesus [Proper 15B]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. Part Four: Eating Jesus. Well, forget the bread. Everyone has lost their appetite. For a fleeting moment Jesus seemed like an amazing man. He worked miracles. He fed the crowd. In their heads floated dreams of his kingly reign. A reign of health and wealth, security and power. And Jesus, their miracle man, his compassionate gaze just warmed their hearts. It was idyllic, perfect. That i...

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Preaching the Scriptures: Part 2: No Secrets are Hid [Proper 13B]

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Part 2: No Secrets are Hid [Proper 13B]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. Part 2: No Secrets are Hid. The people are in hot pursuit: 1 st. Century paparazzi after the hottest thing this side of Capernaum. Rumor has it: this guy could be the next king. That's what people are saying. And it is hard to believe, I know, but he is a one-man bread and fishes factory. And so they are after him. The day before seemed surreal. Too good, too weird, to be true. Huh, ...

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Preaching the Scriptures: July 2014

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, July 27, 2014. Trusting the Grip [Proper 12A]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. I just stared at the picture. Looking at the faces. They were my brothers and my sisters in Christ, they were even fellow members of the Anglican Communion, but they did not really like me; they were browner than I am – which, of course, is not difficult. The men mostly had beards. The women, they wore coverings on their heads. And they smiled, with their lips and their eyes, they smiled.

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Preaching the Scriptures: June 2014

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The Fr. Williamson Sermons. Sunday, June 29, 2014. Simple Vision [Proper 8A]. The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson. It all seems so complicated, doesn't it? The Bible is too big and too complicated. The problems in our world are too big and too complicated. And it makes it difficult to know how to really live like a Christian in the world. We seldom come across anything simple. The Bible is a huge book. And they are both good guys. It is a complicated book. And it is old. That is the newest. It is packed full of...