The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 15 11th Sunday After Pentecost 20 August 2017 Readings: Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 This week, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry stated that [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of the Transfiguration 6 August 2017 Readings: Exodus 34:29-35 2 Peter 1:13-21 Luke 9:28-36 Psalm 99 or 99:5-9 Twice daily at the dawn and dusk – in the twilight where colors seem somehow more vibrant [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 12 8th Sunday After Pentecost 30 July 2017 Readings: Genesis 29:15-28 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 I’ve been struggling recently with my youngest son, Luke’s, [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 10 6th Sunday After Pentecost 16 July 2017 Readings: Isaiah 55:10-13 Psalm 65: (1-8), 9-14 Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 This Sunday we take a break from Abraham’s ongoing [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 14 10th Sunday After Pentecost 13 August 2017 Readings: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Psalm 105, 1-6, 16-22, 45b Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33 I’m wearing red today. I’m wearing red today in [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 9 5th Sunday After Pentecost 9 July 2017 Readings: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 There is an interesting tension this [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 8 4th Sunday After Pentecost 2 July 2017 Readings: Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 Our first reading this morning sets up a shocking picture of relationships, [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Proper 6 2nd Sunday After Pentecost 18 June 2017 (Father’s Day) Readings: Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) Psalm 116:1, 10-17 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23) Welcome to what, in Godly Play, is [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Trinity Sunday 11 June 2017 Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a Canticle 13 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 Over the past few years I have become more and more aware of and profoundly moved by the [Read more...]
The Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger Sermon of Pentecost Sunday 4 June 2017 Readings: Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 Today’s image of the Holy Spirit is not what we have come to expect as a church that has [Read more...]