Sermons
Sermon: Lent 5 Year B 3/17/2024
John 12:20-33
My husband, Jeff, and I are looking forward to a full season of gardening this year. It was just a year ago Wednesday that we came here, and I began my ministry with you. Those first couple of months living here were complicated. We were in a rental house, still searching for ...
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Sermon: Lent 4, Year B 3/10/2024 St. James’ Episcopal Church, Pewee Valley
Jesus taught with an either/or to strengthen his points, his life, his ministry, played out in the world of grey, and ultimately, in the vibrant hues of all the colors in God’s beautiful creation.
Earlier this week, retired Bishop Steven Charleston wrote: “I was an artist without color, painting only the black and white reality I knew, the binary world of endless opposites, the gray lands in-between, my life a still-life of faded flowers – then Spirit came along -- spla...
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Morning Prayer Reflection - December 31, 2023
I want to remind everyone that it’s still Christmas!
Morning Prayer Reflection Good morning. Merry Christmas and happy New Year. As I begin my reflection, allow me to get back on my annual soap box and try to remind everyone that it’s still Christmas. The 12 days of Christmas didn’t start before Christmas — they began on Christm...
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Bishop White's Diocesan Convention 2023 sermon
Everybody up – let’s go!
Convention 2023 sermon United Methodist Bishop Will Willimon tells the following story: When I was serving a little church in rural Georgia, one of my members had a relative who died. The funeral was in a little, hot, crowded, off-brand Baptist country church. I had never seen...
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Bishop White's Diocesan Convention 2023 Address presented by Rev. Debbie Dehler
I am grateful. I am thankful. I am hopeful.
Bishop White's Diocesan Convention 2023 Address presented by Rev. Debbie Dehler The Archdeacon’s formal title is The Venerable. A regional Dean’s formal title is The Very Reverend. A Cathedral Dean’s formal title is the Very Reverend. When begs the question, when a Cathedral D...
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