This is the sermon I preached on Maundy Thursday at St. Giles Chapel here on the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community campus. I don’t usually post sermons here on my blog but I am making an exception. I sense this is the last sermon I will preach. I have no clue how many sermons I have preached over the past 20+ years but I think it is a mantle I am passing on to others now. I have been retired now for over three years and I am finding joy in new endeavors. But since this is the last (though my husband says, “Never say never.”) I decided to post it here on my blog. If sermons are not your thing, the wonderful thing about the internet is you can just hit exit and skip over this post.
Oh Jeanne, I am home on lunch break from teaching inside the prison. How often I have felt like I was chasing butterflies with a torn net. This morning was different. It felt like LOVE was leading the way, not me and my net. I have to agree with Tom, "Never say never." At the same time, I support giving ourselves permission to explore new avenues.
Thank you for sharing this, Jeanne! Please keep writing here and maybe every now and then you can read your writings aloud when I see you. 💗 I’ve always loved to hear your sermons, wise and loving one!
I loved your sermon whether it be your last one or not. Only time will tell. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all could love one another as He loved us. Some people make it hard to love them while it is so easy to love others. Our world today sure could use a lot of love. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this, Jeanne. It is beautiful. I wish that I had heard you preach this, but reading it, I was hearing your voice. Your sermons are always meaningful and memorable.
It was a wonderful sermon to hear in person. You have a gift and I am not just saying that. I have over the course of my life been blessed to have heard some wonderful preaching and you my dear are up there near the top!!!
Oh Jeanne, I am home on lunch break from teaching inside the prison. How often I have felt like I was chasing butterflies with a torn net. This morning was different. It felt like LOVE was leading the way, not me and my net. I have to agree with Tom, "Never say never." At the same time, I support giving ourselves permission to explore new avenues.
Miss your sermons too! Thank you for this insightful sermon that we so need to hear, especially with all the division exploding around us.
I'm glad you shared this. Thank you.
Oh my. Of all your many talents, your semons are some of the best I've heard. I miss them.
Yes, I too miss your sermons. Love the glass of milk vs glass slipper. A profound contemplation. Bless you and Tom and your family. 🙏
Thank you for sharing this, Jeanne! Please keep writing here and maybe every now and then you can read your writings aloud when I see you. 💗 I’ve always loved to hear your sermons, wise and loving one!
I loved your sermon whether it be your last one or not. Only time will tell. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all could love one another as He loved us. Some people make it hard to love them while it is so easy to love others. Our world today sure could use a lot of love. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this, Jeanne. It is beautiful. I wish that I had heard you preach this, but reading it, I was hearing your voice. Your sermons are always meaningful and memorable.
Thank you for posting this wonderful sermon, Jeanne. If you are stepping (further) away from preaching, you certainly are going out on a high note.
I always loved your sermons, another one of your gifts - thank you for this one!
It was a wonderful sermon to hear in person. You have a gift and I am not just saying that. I have over the course of my life been blessed to have heard some wonderful preaching and you my dear are up there near the top!!!