Sermons

October
9
2022

Proper 23C; Luke 17:11-19

On his determined journey to Jerusalem, Jesus encounters a variety of people. He is also collecting people who develop a parade or convoy of sorts. Today this band of people enters a village where...

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October
2
2022

Proper 22C; Luke 17:5-10

Christian discipleship is based on invitation. Christ himself never mandated that people follow him, it was always an invitation and people were free to accept or decline. Jesus told the fishermen,...

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September
18
2022

Sermon; Saint John's Day (tr); 150 years; 1 John 1:1-9

Today marks the official kickoff of the 150th anniversary of Saint John's in this space, the third and best building in which we have worshiped. Our first building was over on Mulberry Street,...

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September
11
2022

Proper 19C; Luke 15:1-10

Today's gospel is probably familiar to most of us. Jesus, on his way to Jerusalem, has developed a following of sinners and tax collectors which tends to bother the scribes and Pharisees to the...

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September
4
2022

Proper 18C; Jer. 18:1-11, Luke 14:25-33

Lex orandi, lex credendi.

I've mentioned this phrase before, and I used it in my Worship Notes article for the September Soundings. It can be translated a number of ways, but the most common few...

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