COLLECTED WORKS
Volume I
Thomas Lawrence Mowbray
CONTENTS
SERMONS FOR THE CHURCH YEAR AND SPECIFIC SUNDAYS
TOPICAL SERMONS
SERMONS ON SPECIFIC TEXTS
MEDITATIONS, SERMONS AND ARTICLES ON THE PSALMS
MEDITATIONS AND DEVOTIONS
SERMONS FOR THE
CHURCH YEAR AND SPECIFIC SUNDAYS
CONTENTS
The Church Year
Christmas Eve
Christmas
Ash Wednesday
Maundy Thursday
Easter
Thomas Sunday
Pentecost
Trinity
World Communion Sunday
Reformation Day
All Saints
Thanksgiving
Topical Sermons
Doubt (see Thomas Sunday)
Ecology
Halloween (see All Saints)
Independence Day
Labor Day
Mother’s Day
Patriotism (see Independence Day)
Peace
Solitude (see Lent)
Work (see Labor Day)
Other
Psalm 23 (Good Shepherd Sunday)
TOPICAL SERMONS
Topics
Abraham
Church Anniversary
Confirmation
The Star Of Bethlehem
Friendship
Humor
New Year
Laughter
Marriage
Prayer
Saints
Father’s Day
Contents
Title: “Abraham:
Father of the Faithful”
Date: 03
February 1991
Title: “What It Means To
Be the Church”
Texts: Romans 13:8-14,
Matthew 18:15-20
Topic: Anniversary
Sunday, Homecoming, Founders’ Day
Date: 05 September 1999
Title:
“Excelling Days”
Topic:
Confirmation Sunday
Date: 07
April 1991
Title:
“The Proper Stars In Proper Line In Proper Time”
Topic: The
Star of Bethlehem
Date: 07
January 1990
Title: “The Star of
Bethlehem”
Text: Matthew 2:1-12
Date: 03 January 1999
Title: “The Power of a Star”
Topic: The Star of Bethlehem
Date: Epiphany Sunday, 2000
Title: “The
Alchemy of Friendship”
Title:
“Lining Up On Jesus’ Side”
Texts:
Jeremiah 31:7-14, Ephesians 1:3-6,15-18, John 1:1-18
Topic: New Year
Date: 05
January 1991
Title:
“Healing Laughter”
Texts:
Genesis 18:9-15, John 16:20-24,33
Date: 25
August 1991
Title: "Behold
De Rib"
Topic:
Marriage Reunion Sunday
Place: The
Little Brown Church in the Vale
Date: 05
August 1990
Title:
“Marriage Reunion Sunday”
Text: Mark
10:1-9
Place: The
Little Brown Church in the Vale
Date: 04
August 1991
Title:
"Talking With God"
Text: Luke
11:1-4
Date: 11
March 1990
Title: “The Special Children Of God”
Topic: All Saints Sunday
Date: 07 November
1999
Title: “Toward a More
Humane Sabbath”
Date: 31 May 1997
SERMONS ON
SPECIFIC TEXTS
CONTENTS
Old Testament
Sermon:
"Wholehearted Religion"
Text:
Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 30:1-20
Date: 02
June 1991
Sermon:
"The Call To The Real"
Text: 1.
Samuel 3:1-20
Date: 28
January 1990
Sermon: "First Principles"
Text: 2. Samuel 7:1-14
Date: 20 July 1997
Title: “Christian Parenthood”
Text:
Proverbs 31:10-31
Date: 19 May
1991
Title: "Gracious Acceptance"
Text: Proverbs 31:10-31, Etc.
Date: 21 September 1997
Title
“Life's Enabling Factors”
Text: Ecclesiastes
Title: "The Language of Intimate Friendship"
Text: Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Date: 30 August 1997
Title:
"Living In the Meantime of God"
Text:
Jeremiah 31:33
Date: 06 May 1990
Title: “I Sat Where They Sat”
Text:
Ezekiel 3:15
Title:
“Jonah, The Utterly Unfit Prophet”
Text: Jonah
Date: 27
January 1991
Sermon: "The Whale's Tale"
From: Berrigan, A Book of Parables.
Date: 26 January 1997
New Testament
Title: "The Spontaneous Qualities of a Grateful Life"
Text: Matthew 5:3-11
Date: 29 September 1991
Title: “Peacemakers”
Texts: Matthew 5.9, Romans 7
Date: 11 August 1991
Title:
“You Are the Light of the
World”
Text: Matthew 5:14-16
Topic: Founders Day
Date: 03 November 1991
Title: “The Golden Rule: A General Rule for Behavior”
Texts:
Matthew 7:12, Luke 6:31
Date: 22 September 1991
Sermon: “Jesus and the Haunted House”
Text: Matthew 12:22-45
Date: 27 Oct. 1991
Title: “The Yes People”
Text: Matthew. 21:28-32
Date: 11 Nov. 1990
Title: "To Worry or To Sleep”
Text: Mark 4:35-41, 14:32-43
Date: 18 August 1991
Title: "The Drum Major Instinct"
Text:
Mark 10:35-45
Date:
22 October 2000
Title: "Keep the Change"
Text:
Mark 12:38-44
Date:
12 November 2000
Title: "Life's Enabling Factors"
Text: Luke 6:43-49
Title:
"The Mary-Martha
Dilemma"
Text: Luke 10:38-42
Title: "The Pharisee And The Tax Collector”
Text: Luke 18:9-14
Date: 28 April 1991
Title: “Sharing a Meal”
Text: John 6:1-21
Title: "The
Authority of Jesus"
Text: John
6:16-21 (1-21)
Date: 27 July
1997
Title: “Jesus, Man of Humility”
Text: John 13
Date: 17 March 1991
Title:
"Between
Friends"
Text: John 15:12-17
Lenten Devotion
Text: Matthew 27:11
Place: Ecumenical Service, Nashua, Iowa
Date: 21 March 1990
Title: “Jesus Before Pilate: The Question of Contempt”
Text: John 18:33-38
Title: "Living In These Most Analyzed Times"
Text: Acts 1:1-8
Date: 11 February 1990
Title: “The Curse of Modernity”
Text: Acts 17:16-34
Date: 21 July 1991
Sermon: “Grace After the Meal”
Text:
Romans 3:21-31
Title: "True Strength"
Text: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Date: 09 July 2000
Title: "Intimate Comprehension"
Ephesians 1:3-14
Title: "The
Basis of Christian Oneness"
Text: Ephesians
4:1-16
Date: 03 August
1997
Text: Ephesians 4:25-5:2
Date: 10 August
1997
Title:
"Christian Armor"
Text: Ephesians
6:10-20
Date: 24 August
1997
Sermon: “The Company We Keep”
Text: Philippians 3:7-8
Date: 20 October 1991
Title: "Strength For Anything"
Text: Philippians 4:13 Neb
Date: 16 June 1991
Lenten Series Meditation
Text: 2 Timothy 2:8-13
Date: 20 February 1991
Title: “Something Better For Us”
Text: Hebrews 12, 13, Selected Verses
Date: 21 January 1990
Title:
"Faith In Action"
Text: James 1:17-27
Date: 03 September 2000
Title: “Freight Train Faith”
Text: James 2:14-17
Date: 13 October 1991
Title: "The
Tongue's Capacities”
Text: James 3
Date: 14 September 1997
Title:
"Caring Corrections"
Text: James
5:38-50
Date: 29
September 1997
Sermon: “The Consecrated Person”
Text: I. Peter 3:13-22
Date: 08 September 1991
MEDITATIONS,
SERMONS AND ARTICLES ON THE PSALMS
CONTENTS
Eight Meditations on Psalm 23
Five Sermons:
“The Dialogue Within The Psalmist”
“Psalm 23: A Picture of Life”
Psalm 100: “Come and Rejoice,” World Communion Sunday
Psalm 104: “Draba,” Spring
Psalm 126: “What Will I Bring,” Thanksgiving
Paper: “The Angry Psalmist,” published in The Journal of Pastoral Counseling, Volume 21, 1986, by The Graduate Division of Pastoral Counseling, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York.
MEDITATIONS AND DEVOTIONS
MEDITATIONS FOR ADVENT
MEDITATIONS FOR LENT