Sermons (Page 21)
Behold Our God – Good Friday
Good Friday: April 2, 2021 Year B: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25; John 18:1-19, 42 No video available. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Friday comes every year with its unique burden of grief. We know the story, we have heard it, felt it, wept over it. But every year it comes to us with renewed regret and sorrow, even though, we know the story does not remain in tragedy but emerges in triumph. Yet the pain of it never diminishes.…
What Wondrous Love Is This? Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday: April 1, 2021 Year B: Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 116:1, 10:-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b:-35 No video available. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them fully,” or, as we’re used to hearing, “he loved them to the end.” Though this verse isn’t quoted as often as John 3:16, it conveys the heart of the Gospel—the Good News of God’s unconditional love for humankind. This night begins the three high…
Hope Renewed For Us All: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday: March 28, 2021 Year B: Mark 11:1-11 (Liturgy of the Palms); Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ With so much going on in the world, some might think it seems silly to insist on giving so much time and energy to the religious observance of Holy Week. This is especially true when one considers that so…
Listen For His Voice: Lent 5
The Fifth Sunday In Lent: March 21, 2021 Year B: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-13; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is Jesus’ final public speech. It is Passover; Jerusalem is full of people who had gathered to celebrate the festival. Among those were Greeks who were among people who would be called “God-Fearers”. God-fearers were people who were attracted to Judaism…
God Loves Us Without Bounds: Lent 4
The Fourth Sunday In Lent: March 14, 2021 Year B: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” I imagine that there are some who find this…
Do We Have Our Priorities Right? Lent 3
The Third Sunday In Lent: March 7, 2021 Year B: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” I imagine that there are some who find this…
Lent Helps Us Remember: Lent 2
The Second Sunday In Lent: February 28, 2021 Year B: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:22-30; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Perhaps it’s a bit irreverent, but I have this mental picture of the disciples. It’s several years after Jesus’ death and resurrection. The disciples are together. They are talking about the good old days, reminiscing the way friends who have shared…
Listen For God’s Voice: Last Sunday After Epiphany
The Last sunday AFter Epiphany: February 14, 2021 Year B: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John and privately leads them up alone to a high mountain.” That’s the first verse of today’s Gospel in A Translation: The New Testament by David Bentley Hart. It sounds…
Faith Leads To Wisdom: Epiphany 4
The Fourth sunday AFter Epiphany: January 31, 2021 Year B:Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In today’s Psalm we hear: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”[1] Over the years, I’ve have many discussion about exactly what the phrase, “the fear of the Lord” means. And it something important, surely, because it appears in…
Let Us Sit Under The Fig Tree: Epiphany 2
The Second sunday AFter Epiphany: January 17, 2021 Year B:1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20); Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Before the Covid-19 caused us to cancel services inside our churches, the sermons were usually recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. To access the entire library of audio files for…
A Word To The Church: Who Shall We Be? Epiphany 1
First Sunday After the Epiphany: January 10, 2021 Year B: Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon by the Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop on Facebook. Available service bulletins. Bishop Curry’s message can be viewed below: Before the Covid-19 caused us to cancel services inside our churches, the sermons were usually recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are…
Christmas Festival of Lessons and Music
The First Sunday after Christmas: December 27, 2020 Diocesan-wide Worship Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147 or 147:13-21 CLICK HERE to view or download the bulletin.