Homily 4-29-18
John’s letter this morning talks a great deal about love. “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows…
Homily – 4/15/18
“Many are saying, ‘Oh, that we might see better times!’” This phrase from Psalm 4 was written thousands of years ago, but it could easily have been written just last…
Homily – Palm Sunday, 3-25-18
Today’s lessons are, for a preacher, something of an embarrassment of riches. From Isiah to the Psalm to Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi, there are any number of…
Homily – 3/4/18
What better time than Lent to hear again God’s Ten Commandments to us? They should sound familiar to you, I hope, but how often do we think about them? I…
Homily – 2/11/18
Knowledge is a funny thing. We spend a great deal of our time trying to acquire it, so that we can cope with the world and make a life for…
Homily – State of the Church – 1/28/18
“Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation.” So beings Psalm 111, our lesson for today. I…
Homily – 1/7/18
We have today’s gospel from Mark, the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. John had been preaching a baptism of repentance from sin. He was an outsider, as the…
Homily – 12/24/17
I want to start by saying that I am an enormous fan of Christmas music. Sacred or secular, I love it all. But they started playing Christmas music this year…
Homily – 11/12/17
A wedding. Everyone has their own interpretation of what a wedding is, or at least what it should be. Your own, your friends, your children’s and perhaps even your parents. …
Homily – 10/29/17
Last week’s gospel was an interesting one and it brought up a number of good questions. Many of you had good points in Father Nicholas’s interactive sermon. The best reaction…