Sermons
Sermon for All Saints' Day
Death and Resurrection
In a manner of speaking I have been killed. Not with a gunshot, but with a phone call. Murder is the way my ex-husband described the consequences of his treatment to our family upon his departure. It took 20 years to create our life together and it died the summer of 2014. Lik...
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Sermon for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon Delivered -- October 28, 2018
When Jesus calls forth healing power for blind Bartimaeus in today’s Gospel, Jesus acts as a priest for the blind man. Let me explain by talking more broadly about the ministry of a priest. When Mary and I watch British television, the priests we see, except for the Vicar of D...
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Sermon for October 21, 2018
Shiver
On Friday October 19, 2018, the water temperature at Geist Creek Lake was 61 degrees Fahrenheit. If you are keeping track of the temperature changes, that’s a whopping eleven degrees different than on Oct 12. Here’s the difference 11 degrees makes. When a swimmer who is learni...
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Sermon for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost
How to Live Forever
On Friday October 12, 2018 the water temperature at Geist Creek Lake was 72 degrees. For the first 21 minutes of my swim, that temperature felt invigorating. Then I started losing sensation at the point of my pointer finger. At 29 minutes I could not feel my toes and, to my di...
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Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Blessing of the Animals
Today we are commemorating St Francis of Assisi. Churches around the world will commemorate the life of St Francis by bringing their animals to church to have them blessed. Bringing animals to church seems a little crazy. We know that it can be chaotic. Dogs could start chasin...
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