Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
December 8, 2013, Advent 2 – Prep Work for the Messiah
To listen to this sermon, click here: This Thanksgiving – just before the Plague struck our house – we had a wonderful dinner with family and friends, all of us stuffed into our not-so-big dining room, using every chair in the house (with small people on the wobblier chairs that we don’t usually use) with …
December 1, 2013, Advent 1 – The Day Is At Hand
No text is available for this sermon. To listen to the recording, click here: 130603_001
November 24, 2013, Pentecost 27 – The King on the Cross
To listen to this sermons, click here: 130527_001 I think we could make a good argument for saying that the Episcopal Church is the best for beautiful worship. Just look around you – like every Episcopal Church I have ever seen, our little building is lovely, the windows, and the wood, and the hangings and …
November 17,2013, Pentecost 26 – This Is Not the End
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130520_001 There are events that hit us really hard, things that strike at the core of who we are. 9/11 was like that – we remember where we were when we heard, how we felt. What if it had been the White House that was destroyed – or …
November 10, 2013, Pentecost 25 – Glory Worth Waiting For
To listen to this sermon click here: 130513_001 I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold and not another. Those …
November 3, 2013, Pentecost 24 – Who, Me?
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130506_001 There are a lot of things in this world – even true things – that are hard to believe. I’m married to a math professor, and Carroll is always telling me things I have a hard time believing. He has been teaching statistics for the last couple …
October 27, 2013, Pentecost 23 – Don’t Lie to the Doctor
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130429_001 The Pharisee in the story traveled home from the temple and Jesus tells us that he was not justified; he didn’t receive God’s mercy and go home to a fresh start like the tax collector did. And we might think that that was because even though he …
October 20, 2013, Pentecost 22 – Hang On
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130422_001 I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. + There is a popular misconception about children that you often hear, that children have short attention spans. But anyone who has …
October 13, 2013, Pentecost 21 – The Fruit of Faith
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130415_001 When our children were little, one of the things we tried to hammer home was saying “thank you.” I would be willing to bet anybody here who raised children couldn’t even count the number of times you told your kids, “Remember to say thank you.” Or when …
October 6, 2013, Pentecost 20 – Faith Is
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130408_001 A few weeks ago I found a fun picture on facebook. It was a drawing of a chubby little cat who was standing on a stool and painting a self-portait. He was leaning over to view himself in a full-length mirror while he painted, but on the …
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