Mount Calvary Sermons

3RD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 2016 YEAR C LUKE 4:14-21 He stands on the highest peak of preaching endeavors, a colossus towering over mere mortals such as your average pastor, minister, or priest. Those of us who occupy the foothills of Mount Sermon can only gaze adoringly and enviously at his feet, because those are the only parts of him that are visible, so far above us does he tower. At gatherings of clergy, his name is mentioned in hushed tones, that is, if it is mentioned at all. Some of us are too in awe of him and too conscious of our own inadequacy, that even naming him appears disrespectful. Remembering his accomplishments urges uson to cultivate interesting verbs, to climb the dizzying heights of effective metaphors, and always apply astronomical amounts of alluring, agile, alliteration. His name is Donald Thomas, but you can call him the Rev Dr Donald Thomas, or ‘your majesty’. Quite simply, he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having preached the longest sermon ever delivered. I