Sermons

December
25
2022

Christmas Day

Last night we celebrated the birth of Jesus. We heard the story of Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem where he was born. We heard the angels sing and the shepherds making known what had been...

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December
24
2022

Christmas Eve I; 4 pm

We have just witnessed a version of the Christmas story. On this night in churches around the world the Christmas story is being told with Mary and Joseph, shepherds and angels, maybe an animal or...

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December
24
2022

Sermon; Christmas II; 11:00 pm

Merry Christmas!

We are gathered here, first and foremost, to worship God. We are also gathered here to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This is the mystery of the Word made flesh. This is the...

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December
11
2022

Advent 3A; Matthew 11:2-11

Today, Advent 3, is the Sunday of Joy. Almost all of our scripture texts today have joy as a prominent piece of the reading. Isaiah is joyful from beginning to end. “The desert shall rejoice,...

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December
4
2022

Second Sunday of Advent; Matthew 3:1-12

Every year on this Second Sunday of Advent we hear from John the Baptist. One of the things early Christian writers, such as the Evangelists, tried to do was show that Christianity, or this...

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