PROPER 19A – Exodus 14:19-31; Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 – 11 September 2001 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Key Moments of Faithfulness (Or Not) INTRODUCTION – Israel at the Red Sea Imagine for a moment you are [...]

PROPER 18A – Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 149; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 – 4 September 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Conflict: Taking That First Step INTRODUCTION – “Where two or three are gathered in my name…” I have heard many people quote the [...]

PROPER 17A – Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 – 28 August 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Riding the Spiritual Roller Coaster INTRODUCTION – The example of Peter Have you ever felt huge upswings and downturns in your [...]

PROPER 16A – Exodus 1:8-2:10; Psalm 124; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20 – 21 August 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Christians Shouldn’t Be Predictable INTRODUCTION – “Making a living in Durango…” I was walking along the Colorado Trail earlier this week with my [...]

PROPER 14A – Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 – 7 August 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Walking on Water INTRODUCTION – Can I take that first step? (Getting ready to set off on a backpacking trip) Let’s [...]

PENTECOST 8A – Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42 – 26 June 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado What Is Your Sacrificing-Isaac Challenge? INTRODUCTION There’s a very weird juxtaposition today: Summer… parish picnic… for me – just back from vacation…and the [...]

EASTER 6A – Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 67:7-18; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 – 29 May 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Getting Edgy with Paul INTRODUCTION – Being Comfortable vs. Getting Edgy There is a part of being a human being that is [...]

EASTER 4A – Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 – 15 May 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Hitting the Jackpot with God INTRODUCTION – If I won the lottery… Every once in a while – usually (these days) when [...]

EASTER 3A – Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:3, 10-17; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 – 8 May 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Burning Hearts and an Accompanying God After Jesus took, blessed, and broke the bread, and gave it to Cleopas and [...]

EASTER DAY – Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18 – 24 April 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado For Whom Are You Looking? INTRODUCTION – Doing the next faithful thing You get the sense that Mary Magdalene and the other [...]

GOOD FRIDAY – Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25; Matthew 26:14-27:54 – 22 April 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Moving the “C”: From Reactivity to Making Room for Love INTRODUCTION – Two things going on today… There are at least two things [...]

LENT 5A – Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 – 10 April 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado The Spirit of God Gives Life INTRODUCTION – The hard places If you have ever felt depressed, so much so that you have [...]

ASH WEDNESDAY – Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 103; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 – 9 March 2011 – A homily given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Where Is Your Attention? Lent Is About Falling in Love INTRODUCTION – What Lent is not… According to Jesus, the [...]

EPIPHANY 7A – Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; Psalm 119:33-40; 1 Cor. 3:10-11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 – 20 February 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Holiness and Perfection – Imitating God INTRODUCTION – I can’t possibly… When you hear “You shall be holy, for I [...]

EPIPHANY 6A – Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Godly Urges – Choosing Life INTRODUCTION – The “Off-Limits” Approach to the Spiritual Life It seems to me that there are at least two approaches you [...]

EPIPHANY 4A – Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 – 30 January 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Blessed Are Those Who Mourn INTRODUCTION – Mom and Dad and… My father had Parkinson’s disease for a good 13 or 14 [...]

EPIPHANY 2A – Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-12; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 – 16 January 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Looking and Telling INTRODUCTION – What are you looking for? For two days in a row the disciples of John the Baptist [...]

EPIPHANY 1A – Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 – 9 January 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Formation and Transformation INTRODUCTION – From 2 to 12 to 30? On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we heard the story of Jesus’ [...]

CHRISTMAS 2A – Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84, Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 – 2 January 2011 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Hope for All Time, Hope in All Times INTRODUCTION – Childhood Memories, Post-Christmas Some of the traditions that we observed in [...]

CHRISTMAS EVE, 2010 – Isaiah 9:2-4. 6-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 – 24 December 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Saying ‘Yes’ To God INTRODUCTION – The World Is Calling The world is calling. Hasn’t that been the campaign slogan of [...]

ADVENT 4A – Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 – 19 December 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado INTRODUCTION – The right dream at the right time… An angel of the Lord appearing to Joseph in a dream was needed [...]

ADVENT 2A – Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 – 5 December 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Repentance and Bearing Fruit INTRODUCTION – Colorado “Native” and Our Credentials You still see them on cars – those bumper stickers that [...]

ADVENT 1A – Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 – 28 November 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Floating Toward Christmas with God INTRODUCTION – The Out-of-Step Season Happy Advent! Are you glad that you are here today? There may never [...]

PROPER 28C – Isaiah 65:17-25; Canticle 9 (Isaiah 12:2-6); 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 – 14 December 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Enduring and Learning During Messy Times SITUATION – Other examples of messy situations The Jewish people, our ancestors in the [...]

PROPER 26C – Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 – 31 October 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Transformation Often Involves Stepping Into the Uncomfortable INTRODUCTION – Do we know the Zacchaeus story? Before you heard this gospel [...]