Sermons
Sermon: Easter 2 Year A 4/12/2026
John 20:19-31
Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! I’m not sure why, but every year we hear these this Gospel the Sunday after Easter. Maybe it is in the afterglow of the resurrection, the time with family and friends, the ham dinners, and too much Easter candy tha...
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Sermon: Easter Day, Year A 4.5.2026
Matthew 28:1-10
Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! A friend of mine recently shared a story on Facebook. It was one of those stories that someone else wrote. It might have been written by AI. I don’t really care who wrote it or where it came from. It’s one of those...
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Sermon: Maundy Thursday, Year A 4/2/2026
The true weight of this holy week begins tonight. Whether you choose to allow someone else to wash your feet and to wash the feet of another, this night is filled with reminders, so many reminders, of love, pain, and protection. This is the night when Jesus gets down on his kn...
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Palm Sunday, Year A 3/29/2026
Shouting “Hosanna!”
We’ve been reading and discussing Amy-Jill Levine’s book, Entering the Passion of Jesus, at our Monday morning Bible and Book study. Amy-Jill Levine is a Jewish professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is a renowned author, scholar, and ...
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Lent 5, Year A, 3/22/2026: A Reflection Letter to the Congregation (due to illness)
Today’s readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm 130, Romans 8:6-11, John 11:1-45
Dear Good People of St. James’, I am so sorry I cannot be with you this morning. At our vestry meeting last Sunday, I ended our time telling the vestry how very tired I was. I went home and slept for three hours. Apparently, I was more than tired. After a meeting on Monday, I ...
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