Sermon.07.18.21 St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort 2 Samuel 7.1-14a; Psalm 89.20-37; Ephesians 2.11-22; Mark 6.30-34, 53-56 Today’s gospel reading begins with story-telling – the apostles have gathered around Jesus and are telling him all they have done and taught. In Mark 6.6-13, we read how Jesus sent them out two-by-two with authority over unclean spirits. They were to travel light carrying only a staff for protection from robbers; they were to take no bread, n

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Sermon.07.04.21.Proper9B St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort 2 Samuel 5.1-5, 9-10; Psalm 48; 2 Corinthians 12.2-10; Mark 6.1-13 One could say that Jesus, as depicted in the first five chapters of Mark, has been on a roll. He has cast out demons, causing people to exclaim, “What is this? A new teaching – with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him” (Mark 1.21-27, NRSV). When the disciples feared for their lives during a storm on the Sea o