Sermon for Pentecost, Year A, May 31, 2020
Acts 2:1-21, Psalm 104: 25-35, 37, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13, John 20:19-23 I preached my first Sunday here at St. Paul’s on Pentecost three years ago. I shared then, how my plans were …
Sermon for Easter 7, Year A, May 24, 2020
Acts 1:6-14, Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36, 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11, John 17:1-11 Memorial Day “Lord is this time,” the apostles ask the resurrected Christ, “when you will restore the kingdom of …
Easter 6, Year A, May 17, 2020
Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 66:7-18, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21 People I talk with seem to be experiencing much of what I have been experiencing. I get restless and want to …
Sermon for Easter 4, Year A, May 3, 2020
Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 Our online services began on March 19th with our weekday Morning Prayer and on March 22nd with Sunday Worship. It has …
Sermon for Easter 3, Year A, April 26, 2020
Acts 2:14a, 36-41, Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17, 1 Peter 1:17-23, Luke 24:13-35 This past week, our bishop met with clergy and some other church leaders from across the state to discuss …
Sermon for Easter Sunday, Year A, April 12, 2020
A few of us, this past week, took pictures of the set-up for broadcasting our services over the internet. Comments were made about this being a time in history …
Sermon for Palm Sunday, Year A, March 5, 2020
Palm Sunday has always been, for me, a reminder of just how quickly things can change from joyous to nearly unbearable. Jesus enters into Jerusalem like a king with his …
Sermon for March 29, 2020 Lent 5, Year A
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Over these past two weeks I have learned a great deal about how to be with others without being physically present. …
Sermon for Lent 2, Year A, March 8, 2020
Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 One day in my Old Testament class, our professor, James Sanders, said that whenever the people of Israel defined God …
Sermon for Lent 1, Year A, March 1, 2020
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 The temptations of Christ in today’s gospel may be presented as magical – but they are temptations that many of …