Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
September 29, 2013, Pentecost 19 – Bishop Love, Confirmation
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September 22, 2013, Pentecost 18 – Winning Friends and Taking Sides
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130325_001 We just read a story about a clever but not very honest steward, a servant who had the responsibility of caring for his master’s worldly possessions. It turns out this master was not a particularly honest person either, because even though it was forbidden in the Law …
September 15, 2013, Pentecost 17 – The Joy of Finding and Being Found
To listen to the recording, click here: 130318_001 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. When my daughter Emily was three or four years old, we were at a church picnic …
September 8, 2013, Pentecost 16 – Life in Progress
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September 1, 2013, Pentecost 15 – Risky Behavior
To listen to a recording of this sermon, click here: 130304_001 I had an uncomfortable experience this week, one that left me feeling a little bit embarrassed and a little bit violated. Mostly I think my pride got a bit scuffed up, which is probably a very good thing. Without going into unnecessary details, I …
August 25, 2013, Pentecost 14 – Acceptable Worship
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130225_001 C.S. Lewis once wrote a set of science fiction books. The hero of the books is a man named Ransom, and in the first book, he is kidnapped by some very nasty men and carried off to Mars, where he gets to know the inhabitants of Mars, …
August 18, 2013, Pentecost 13 – The Conviction of Things Not Seen
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August 11, 2013, Pentecost 12 – Relationship, not Religion
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130211_001 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. About four thousand years ago, God struck up a conversation with a man named Abraham. Abraham …
July 28, 2013, Pentecost 10 – Father Joel Grigg
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July 21, 2013, Pentecost 9 – Dcn. Rick Littlejohn
The text of this sermon is still being prepared but the recording is here: 130121_001
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 