Sermons

ReadingsJonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 62:6-141 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Most of you don’t know, but in my past I was a long-distance cyclist. For a number of years, I would ride in…

Readings1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20)Psalm 139:1-5, 12-171 Corinthians 6:12-20John 1:43-51 Have you ever had an epiphany? Webster’s Dictionary defines an epiphany as “a sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of…

ReadingsGenesis 1:1-5Psalm 29Acts 19:1-7Mark 1:4-11 Do you know who you are? The easy answer is “yes, of course I do.” It is easy for us to list all things in…

ReadingsIsaiah 9:2-7Psalm 96Titus 2:11-14Luke 2:1-20 This time of the year is filled with romantic images. Whether it is the decorations of the season or the films and tv shows that…

Readings2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26Romans 16:25-27Luke 1:26-38 Growing up first as a Roman Catholic and then as a high church Episcopalian, for many years I had a very romantic…

ReadingsIsaiah 61:1-4, 8-11Canticle 15 (The Magnificat)1 Thessalonians 5:16-24John 1:6-8,19-28 Today we hear a very different version of the story about John the Baptist. In fact, he is not even referred…

ReadingsIsaiah 40:1-11Psalm 85:1-2, 8-132 Peter 3:8-15aMark 1:1-8 Today I want to start with the passage we heard from Isaiah. “A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of…

ReadingsEzekiel 34:11-16, 20-24Psalm 95:1-7aEphesians 1:15-23Matthew 25:31-46 Today is the last Sunday of the church year and is traditionally called “Christ the King Sunday.” It is a day when we remember…

ReadingsZephaniah 1:7,12-18Psalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 121 Thessalonians 5:1-11Matthew 25:14-30 Taken at face value it would be easy to think that our Gospel lesson was written with venture capitalists in mind. On…

ReadingsRevelation 7:9-17Psalm 34:1-10, 221 John 3:1-3Matthew 5:1-12 Like every first Sunday in November, we once again find ourselves celebrating the feast of All Saints. This is a day when it…