EASTER 7B – Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 – 20 May 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Airing the Dirty Laundry INTRODUCTION – An expression When I was a child, one of the expressions I heard from time [...]
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Good Hymns
Meditation for 16 May 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Psalm 81 1 Sing merrily to God our strength, • shout for joy to the God of Jacob. 2 Take up the song and sound the timbrel, • the tuneful lyre with the harp. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, • as [...]
May
14
2012
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Missio Dei – The Work of God
Easter 6B – Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5: 1-6; John 15:9-17 – 13 May 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Missio Dei – The Work of God INTRODUCTION – Acts 10 If you want to know something about how the Holy [...]
May
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Holiness and Love
Meditation for 9 May 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Leviticus 19:9-18 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3You shall each revere your mother and father, and you [...]
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Abiding in the Vine, and Being Pruned
EASTER 5B – Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:24-30; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 – 6 May 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Abiding in the Vine, and Being Pruned INTRODUCTION – Sculpting the Vine and the Branches You just heard the gospel passage read from [...]
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Surround Me With Disciples
Meditation for 2 May 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 5:17-20 17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a [...]
Apr
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Called to Die
Meditation for 25 April 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Exodus 19:16-25 16On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain, and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17Moses brought the [...]
Apr
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Peace, Senses, Sharing
EASTER 3B – Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 – 22 April 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado God’s Peace, Using Our Senses, Being a Witness INTRODUCTION – Three things from the Gospel I am hearing three things in today’s [...]
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Abiding and Being Pruned
Meditation for 18 April 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson John 15:1-11 ”I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3You have already been cleansed by the word [...]
Apr
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From Self-Deception to Transformation
EASTER 2B – Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 – 15 April 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado From Self-Deception to Transformation INTRODUCTION – Behind locked doors The disciples were in a friends’ house, behind locked doors. It sort of [...]
Apr
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Embracing Life’s Challenges
Meditation for 11 April 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 28:1-10 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled [...]
Apr
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A New Way of Living – Good Friday Sermon
GOOD FRIDAY – Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22:1-21; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 – 6 April 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado A New Way of Living INTRODUCTION – Sports and violence If you know me at all, you know that I am sports [...]
Apr
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Betting Your Life on the Loving Power of God
EASTER DAY – Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; Mark 16: – 8 April 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Betting Your Life on the Loving Power of God INTRODUCTION – Mega-Millions A week or so ago people were driving down to [...]
Apr
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Three Strategies While in the Darkness
EASTER VIGIL – Genesis 1:1-2:2; Exodus 14:10-15:1; Ezekiel 36:24-38; Matthew 28:1-10 – 7 April 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Three Strategies While in the Darkness INTRODUCTION – Shock… hurried… grief… darkness It had all happened so fast. Judas betrayed Jesus. He was arrested. [...]
Apr
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2012
48 Hours to God
Meditation for 4 April 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson John 13:21-35 21After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. 23One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining [...]
Mar
28
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Making Space for God
Meditation for 28 March 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 10:17-27 17As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is [...]
Mar
26
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Seeing, Knowing, Loving
LENT 5B – Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-13; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 – 25 March 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church Seeing, Knowing, Loving INTRODUCTION – “We wish to see Jesus” We hear in today’s gospel lesson: “Now among those who went up to worship at [...]
Mar
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The Kingdom of God is Different
Meditation for 21 March 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 8:11-21 11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. 12And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign [...]
Mar
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Coming to the Light
LENT 4B – Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 109:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 – 18 March 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Coming to the Light INTRODUCTION – The warmth of the sun Florida, they say, is “the Sunshine State” . But I grew [...]
Mar
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How Are You Un-becoming
Meditation for 14 March 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 6:34-39 34As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 35When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, [...]
Mar
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Keeping Sabbath
LENT 3B – Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 – 11 March 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Keeping Sabbath INTRODUCTION – The biggest sin in our society? It may very well be the biggest affliction in American culture. It [...]
Mar
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Strengthening the Bonds
Meditation for 7 March 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 3:22-25 22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.” 23And he [Jesus] called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? [...]
Feb
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An Extra Day
Meditation for 29 February 2012 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 1:32-45 32 That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. 33And the whole city was gathered around the door. 34And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and [...]
Feb
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Lent As Kairos Time
LENT 1B – Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 – 26 February 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Lent As Kairos Time INTRODUCTION – “The time is fulfilled…” The stage is almost set for Jesus to begin his ministry. But [...]
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Listening to God
LAST EPIPHANY – 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 – 19 February 2012 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Listening to God INTRODUCTION – The Transfiguration of Jesus… Again? If you’ve been here or in some other Episcopal Church for [...]