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Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 10

By The Rev. Mike Mayor July 16, 2023Sermons

ReadingsIsaiah 55:10-13Psalm 65:9-14Romans 8:1-11Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Today we hear a parable that seems simple enough. It’s a story about sowing seed and what happens depending on where the seed lands. When…

Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 9

By The Rev. Mike Mayor July 9, 2023Sermons

ReadingsZechariah 9:9-12Psalm 145:8-15Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Today’s gospel concludes with one of Jesus’ quintessential sayings, “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I…

Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 8

By The Rev. Mike Mayor July 2, 2023Sermons

ReadingsJeremiah 28:5-9Psalm 89:1-4,15-18Romans 6:12-23Matthew 10:40-42 Today’s Gospel is all about hospitality. Written specifically about the kind of hospitality the disciples might receive as they were sent out, it nonetheless raises…

Sermon for Season after Pentecost – Proper 5

By The Rev. Mike Mayor June 11, 2023Sermons

ReadingsHosea 5:15-6:6Psalm 50:7-15Romans 4:13-25Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” These five words, both in Hosea and Matthew, set the tone and the stage for everything we hear in…

Sermon for Trinity Sunday

By The Rev. Mike Mayor June 4, 2023Sermons

ReadingsGenesis 1:1-2:4aPsalm 82 Corinthians 13:11-13Matthew 28:16-20 As a preacher, today is probably my least favorite Sunday of the year. Why? Because it is the only Sunday specifically dedicated to a…

Sermon for the Day of Pentecost

By The Rev. Mike Mayor May 28, 2023Sermons

ReadingsActs 2:1-21Psalm 104:25-35, 371 Corinthians 12:3b-13John 20:19-23 How many of you remember the old Abbot and Costello routine about “Who’s on first?” You know the one where Bud Abbot tells…

Sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter

By The Rev. Mike Mayor May 21, 2023Sermons

ReadingsActs 1:6-14Psalm 68:1-10, 33-361 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11John 17:1-11 On this Ascension Sunday we remember the final physical departure of Jesus from the disciples, and by extension, our lives. It is…

Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

By The Rev. Mike Mayor May 14, 2023Sermons

ReadingsActs 17:22-31Psalm 66:7-181 Peter 3:13-22John 14:15-21 The feast of one of the great mystics of the church, Julian of Norwich, occurred this past week. Julian, who lived in 14th century…

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

By The Rev. Mike Mayor May 7, 2023Sermons

Readings Acts:7:55-60Psalm 31:1-5, 15-161 Peter 2:2-10John 14:1-14 To say we are living in difficult times would be a gross understatement. We live in a time of climate crisis. We live in a…

Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter

By The Rev. Mike Mayor April 23, 2023Sermons

ReadingsActs 2:14a,36-41Psalm 116:1-3, 10-171 Peter 1:17-23Luke 24:13-35 Sometimes it feels as if the world we live in is heading in the wrong direction. We live in a world where an honor roll student is…