Monthly Archives: December, 2014
December 28, 2014, Christmas 1 – This Little Light of Mine
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110507_001 In 1966, the folk duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded a version of the Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ blended into a sort of sound collage with the 7 o’clock news. The speaking voice was the broadcast of the actual events of August 3 of that year. …
December 21, 2014, Advent 4 – A Most Unexpected Greeting
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110430_001 An angel named Gabriel arrived in the little backwater town of Nazareth one day, and entered the home of Mary, a young girl probably somewhat younger than Victoria and Anneke. Her parents had already arranged for her engagement to a local carpenter named Joseph, but when this …
December 14, 2014, Advent 3 – The Year of Our Joy
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110423_001 It was about 1400 years before Jesus was born that the Israelites finally came to the end of their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and were entering the land that God had promised to give their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. There were twelve tribes …
The Noteworthy Handbell Choir at St. Philips
This is the performance done at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Norwood, NY on December 7, 2014. Click here to listen: 110416_002
December 7, 2014, Advent 2 – Prepare Ye the Way Every Day
There is no recording available for this sermon. John the Baptist is a huge figure every year as we enter into the new liturgical year. Every year we read about this strange wild man, who moved out into the desert and ate locusts – insects – and wild honey, and wore a camel’s hair robe …
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