A few words from Father Kemper

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Weekly homilies delivered at St. James' Episcopal Church in Cedartown, Georgia

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Of priorities and plows

Luke 9:51-62 “Let the dead bury their own dead . . . no one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Don’t you just hate it when Jesus says things that sound mean? He does that sometimes: he says stuff that, on the surface, sounds insensitive or even cruel. […]

Jun 29, 2025•10 min

Come as you are

Luke 8:26-39 Well, well. My, my. Here we are… back in liturgical “ordinary time” again… returning to the chronological and “orderly” account of Jesus’ three years of active ministry according to Luke, after a nearly four-month hiatus encompassing the seasons of Lent and Eastertide. So, let’s take two or three minutes to get back on track. It […]

Jun 22, 2025•13 min

The Blessed Trinity

Listen to the hymn “Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!” In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Trinity Sunday always rolls around about this time of year. It’s the first Sunday after Pentecost… and helps ease us out of the Great Fifty Days (between Easter and Pentecost) […]

Jun 15, 2025•10 min

Learning to love like Jesus

Acts 2:1-21 Happy Birthday Church! It’s been nearly two millennia since the disciples, all gathered together in a house in Jerusalem, heard a sound coming from heaven like the rush of a violent wind… and were visited by—and imbued with—the fire of the Holy Spirit. Some of you may have had the experience of being in church […]

Jun 08, 2025•14 min

Whom do you serve?

Acts 16:16-34 A lot has happened since Saul, Pharisee extraordinaire and chief persecutor of Jesus’ followers, got knocked off his high horse on the road to Damascus, and gave his life over to the cause of Christ. As is often the case with converts, Saul initially made quite a spectacle of himself preaching and “speaking […]

Jun 01, 2025•16 min

Our Father’s business

John 5:1-9 “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” Another day, another healing… another way in which the writer of the Fourth Gospel demonstrates to his readers the awesomeness of Jesus the Christ, the Messiah. For some months now, Jesus has been shuttling back and forth between Galilee, Samaria and Judea performing signs and miracles… […]

May 25, 2025•14 min

A Possum’s Tale

John 10:22-30 Welp, it’s Mother’s Day… so I’m going to re-tell y’all one of my favorite Mother’s Day parables… one that concerns this very Parish. Once upon a fine spring morning, as I turned off Bradford Street onto the St. James’ campus, I saw something a little unusual: a fair-sized possum crossing the gravel driveway […]

May 11, 2025•11 min

Peter and Paul

John 21:1-19 You know how to make God laugh, right? Tell him your plans. Welcome to the Third Sunday of Easter. I think it ought to be called “Saints Peter and Paul Sunday,” for the conversion of St. Paul and the redemption of St. Peter. Both were good men, with strong personalities, and yet, they were also different in so many ways. One was a fisherman, the […]

May 04, 2025•14 min

Peace is with you

John 20:19-31 Our Easter Sunday Gospel ended with Jesus revealing himself to Mary outside the empty tomb and telling her, “Don’t hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God […]

Apr 27, 2025•12 min

They end of the story is us

Luke 23:1-49 Oh, what a difference a week makes in the Biblical narrative of the life and ministry of Jesus Messiah. Five days, really. We don’t know exactly how long it was between Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a colt… or a donkey… or a colt and a donkey, depending upon […]

Apr 13, 2025•14 min

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