Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
March 29, 2013, Good Friday – The PT of the Cross
To listen to this sermon, click here: The PT of the Cross I passed on an email this past week that I received from Deacon Pat, about little Natalie TaRiele, who was seriously injured in a car accident one year ago. She was just seven years old when the accident happened. Natalie has been on …
Along the Way – a poem for Easter
Forty days he walked the ground After he laid our burdens down Now salvation can be found. Spirit I know that you come from above. You’re here to surround us And filled with God’s love Fill us your Glory We have none alone Keep us and gather us round your great throne Spirit I know …
Living Worship – a poem
“I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Rom. 12:1 The floury palm that presses once again into the yielding dough, it is “I love” that wrings the sopping rag and scours the pan, …
March 17, 2013 – Lent 5, What Is That Smell?
To listen to this sermon, click here: What Is That Smell? There are times, when something momentous is about to happen, that time itself seems to slow down, and every action and word seems to have special meaning. Whether it is something good or something terrible that is about to happen, we see and hear …
March 10, 2013 – Lent 4, Standing on the Porch
To listen to this sermon, click here: Standing on the Porch The written text for this sermon is unavailable. Below, you can read the outline the sermon was preached from. Tuesday, our son Gabe arrived home for a visit from North Carolina. He flew from Raleigh into Syracuse and took the 3-hour bus ride north, …
March 3, 2013 – Lent 3, Judgment or Fruit
To listen to this sermon, click here: Judgment or Fruit It may be that every generation has felt this way, but most days our generation does seem to have more than its share of evil and suffering. Every day we hear news of terrible things being done by people and terrible things happening to people. …
February 24, 2013 – Lent 2, God, Who Doesn’t Give Up
To listen to this sermon, click here: God Who Doesn’t Give Up I never met my mother’s mother, because she died when my mother was a young bride. But in a very real way I do know her, because I have heard so many stories about her. I know that she was often sick so …
February 17, 2013 – Lent 1, Identity Theft
To listen to the recording, click here: Identity Theft If you’ve ever lost your purse or your wallet, unless you are in the habit of carrying lots of cash around, your greatest loss probably wasn’t the money you were carrying. I can’t speak for everyone, but for a lot of people the greatest loss would …
February 13, 2013 – Ash Wednesday
No recording is available for this sermon. Shakespeare wrote: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” And in the gospel reading today from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is using that same …
Lenten Luncheons
This is the schedule for this year’s Lenten luncheons: February 20 at St. Philip’s February 27 at Norwood UMC March 6 at Norwood Congregational March 13 at Knapps Station March 20 at Norwood Free Methodist March 27 at St. Andrew’s
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 