The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. We all know the story of Jonah — at least we know some parts, some of the
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, 2024
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Epiphany is both a day, January 6, and it’s a season in the church calendar. Both the
The Baptism of Our Lord, 2024
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. In the Epistle lesson I read: “We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death.” Perhaps
New Year’s Eve, 2023
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Seventy years ago, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett wrote a play that’s considered these days to be a
Fourth Sunday in Advent, 2023
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. The feast known as the Annunciation celebrates the day the angel Gabriel came to Mary to announce
3rd Sunday in Advent, 2023
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. I’m sure you’ve heard about, or seen pictures of, or actually have walked along the Walk of
2nd Sunday in Advent, 2023
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. When Isaiah was given the task of writing the book that now bears his name, it was
1st Sunday in Advent, 2023
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Over the next three Sundays we’re going to be reading three separate Epistle lessons, but all joined
Last Sunday of the Church Year, 2023
Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. A few short sermons ago, I noted that chapters 24 and 25 were a series of parables, mostly
25th Sunday after Pentecost, 2023
Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. During his 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy often closed his speeches with the story of Colonel Davenport,