Sermons
Sermon: Christ the King 2024; 11/24/2024
John 18:33-37
If next Sunday is the first Sunday of the liturgical new year, then today must be the liturgical New Year’s Eve. And like the ending of a calendar year, it is a day of celebration as much as it is a day of reflection and dreaming, planning and preparing. We might even consider...
More
EfM Graduation Sermon
Today is a special day of celebration. Today five of our St James’ family, Teresa Cheatham, Lucy Dosker, Dan Haas, Joe John, Judy Pfeiffer and one whom we have adopted as our own, Kippy Young, graduate from EfM, Education for Ministry. They started this chapter of their faith ...
More
Sermon: Proper 25 Year B 10/27/2024
Mark 10:46-52
I know that I’ve told you this before, but I think it is important for me to tell you this bit of a story again. When I was on my educational pilgrimage in Israel, Ezra, our tour guide, repeatedly told us to “pay attention to the distance.” Sometimes, where something happens i...
More
Sermon 10/13/2024 Proper 23
That’s grace. Pure grace. Amazing and awesome.
Money. You can't live with it. You can't live without it. The world runs on trade. We barter something, whether that's a gift or talent, a treasure or coin, we offer something for something. It only seems fair. And there are some who have more and some who have less; some who ...
More
Homily for Donna Raasch
10/8/2024
This is Donna’s seat. It probably was for all the years she worshiped here, but certainly in the past year and a half, since I arrived here, she sat in this spot, attentive, eye’s bright, and ready to respond, anytime I asked the congregation a question. She couldn’t easily na...
More
