Sermons
Celebration of New Ministry 2023
We’re talking about not what we DO- but who we BE.
Growing together in Mutual Ministry A sermon in celebration of the ministry of the Rev. Debbie Dehler and the people of St. James' Episcopal Church, Pewee Valley Kentucky in the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky.. The Renewal of Ministry with the Welcoming of a New Rector
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Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Forgive us in the same way we forgive others
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. We all know this prayer. We say it together every Sunday. Some of you may say it daily. We may use the words debts or sins instead of trespasses but they all mean the same thing. My question today is, Have ...
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Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.
Simon Peter replied, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.” Peter is the first person to make this Christian confession of faith. He names Jesus as the Messiah. Before this, the Gospels say that only the demons and God knew who Jesus was. Now, people are beginning t...
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Sermon for the 7 Sunday after Pentecost
Loving all God’s Creation. Serving all God’s Creation
Today we have read a familiar teaching of Jesus, the parable of the sower. When studying or preaching on this passage we usually end with asking ourselves questions like, which type of soil am I. Have I allowed to myself become rocky or thorny where no seed can grow or flouris...
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Sermon for Second Sunday After Epiphany — January 17, 202
The Ups-and-Downs of Love
As a young child growing up in rural Massachusetts I often spent time on farms. My father served as the priest for Christ Memorial Church North Brookfield and would take my younger brother and me with him when he brought Holy Communion to the homebound. I was 7 and Nathaniel, ...
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