7th Sunday of Easter, Year AMay 17, 2026 Acts 1:6-14 This is the 7th Sunday of Easter, also the Sunday we remember the Ascension of Jesus, or as some refer to it, the day Jesus started working from home. The Ascension is celebrated on the 40th day after the Resurrection, which was last Thursday. The … Continue reading Wait, Pray, Act
5th Sunday of Easter, Year AMay 3, 2026 John 14:1-14 I’m sure you all have heard a version of the joke where a person dies and goes to heaven and St. Peter is touring the new arrival around to see the new house with many, many rooms in heaven. You can throw any denomination under … Continue reading Way of Abiding
4th Sunday in Easter, Year A April 26, 2026 John 10:1-10 Good morning and welcome to Good Gate Sunday, otherwise known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Maybe you have been coming to an Episcopal church (or any other mainline denomination) long enough to know that the 4th Sunday of Easter is Good Shepherd Sunday! But in … Continue reading The Gate
3rd Sunday in Easter, Year A April 19, 2026 Luke 24:13-35 This year, as some of you may be aware, I have become immersed in the world of sourdough bread making. And by that I mean, I have joined a bread cult. There are Facebook groups and instagram sourdough queens and kings and just like … Continue reading We Had Hoped
5th Sunday of Lent, Year AMarch 22, 2026 John 11:11-45 Thank you for listening to another novella from the Gospel of John this morning. It’s an important story but as I was beginning to prepare this sermon, I thought to myself, “Imagine being dead for four days, finally getting a mansion in heaven, experiencing no … Continue reading Feel your Pain
2nd Sunday in Lent, Year A March 1, 2026 John 3:1-17 Have you ever watched someone from afar who caught your attention and you wanted to hear more–and were intrigued with their message but not quite sure what the message was? Maybe it was a speaker, preacher, or an author, maybe some other charismatic leader … Continue reading Stepping Out
Second Sunday after Epiphany Jan. 18, 2026John 1:29-42 “What are you looking for?” It takes a special kind of person to venture out on a cold January morning to come to church. You got up this morning, got dressed, and drove to church, and…“What are you looking for?” On this second Sunday after Epiphany, the … Continue reading What Are You Looking For?
Baptism of the LordJanuary 11, 2026Psalm 29, Matthew 3:13-17 I don’t know if you noticed, but I certainly did when I was reading the scriptures for today to prepare to write my sermon, particularly with the psalm and Gospel, there were so many voices! I thought to myself, I could title the sermon, “I hear … Continue reading Hearing Voices
Epiphany Sunday, Year A Jan. 4, 2026 Matt. 2:-1-12 Today we celebrate Epiphany Sunday, although the actual day of Epiphany is January 6th. My favorite of Shakespeare’s plays is The Twelfth Night and was a reference to the Feast celebrated as the eve of Epiphany, the final day of Christmas. Epiphany comes from a Greek … Continue reading When Power Fears a Baby
Christmas Day 2025John 1:1-14 Here we are on this Christmas morning to reflect on Christ’s birth and presence with us. I love the change in tenor as we move from the hoopla and mystery of the Eve with emotions running high in the darkness of night to a more normal-feeling worship in mid- morning Christmas … Continue reading God Beyond, God Within
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