Authors

James Liggett

The Rev. James Liggett is the retired rector of St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church in Midland, Texas. He is a native of Kansas and a graduate of the University of Houston and the Episcopal Divinity School. He has served parishes in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma and has been a contributor to Sermons That Work since the 1980’s.

Sermons and Bible Studies

To Be Transfigured, The Transfiguration – 2018

August 06, 2018

Today we’re celebrating the Feast of the Transfiguration, so we get to hear, again, this familiar story. In fact, since we also hear the same story every year on the […]

Whose Image?, Proper 24 (A) – 2017

October 22, 2017

I strongly suspect that even a casual familiarity with any of today’s various sources of streaming news would absolutely satiate anyone’s interest in Caesar and Caesar’s taxes—but here they are […]

In Trust and Hope, Lent 5 (A) – 2017

April 02, 2017

These long readings from John’s Gospel during Lent have a depth and a power to them that can reach to the very core of our lives. Today we hear about […]

The Penultimate, Proper 28 (C) – 2016

November 08, 2016

There are some words that just sound good, that are attractive all by themselves. A great example, which the Gospel reading especially brought to mind, is ‘penultimate’. It’s a fine old […]

Look to the Lord, Easter 6 (C) – 2016

May 01, 2016

There is something perplexing and difficult at the heart of the Christian faith. This perplexing something is the central value of the Kingdom of God; the primary, identifying characteristic of […]

Wool and Mutton, Easter 4 (B) – 2015

April 26, 2015

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is always Good Shepherd Sunday, and there are always sheep everywhere you look. This year they’re especially thick – we hear two of the most […]

Good News in the Ashes, Ash Wednesday – 2015

February 18, 2015

RCL: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 103 or 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 There’s something compelling about Ash Wednesday, something that draws us here in both […]

Reaching Out to the Least of These, Christ the King (A) – 2014

November 23, 2014

There is something terribly sad in today’s gospel reading, something so easy to miss that it eludes most of us. That’s probably because this is such a tempting story. It […]

The Yoke That Fits, Proper 9 (A) – 2014

July 06, 2014

Today’s reading from Matthew’s gospel is quite a contrast to what we’ve been hearing Jesus say lately. For most of the last few weeks, Jesus has been talking about the […]

A Call to Relationship – Epiphany 2 (A) – 2014

January 19, 2014

This doesn’t happen very often with our new lectionary, but today there’s one theme that can be found in all four of our readings from scripture. It’s the notion of […]

The Light of Christ, Christmas 1 – 2013

December 29, 2013

Have you ever noticed that when you get together with your family and start telling stories about when you were growing up or what happened years ago, the same events […]

Powerful Stuff…, Proper 15 (C) – 2013

August 18, 2013

Powerful stuff in today’s readings. Everybody seems to be on a tear; Jesus and Isaiah are full of wrath and judgment, and even the author of Hebrews slips out of […]

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