audio sermons

I think most of us will have to remind ourselves this coming week, that it’s still Christmas; that we are still walking through the season of our Lord’s Nativity. Carroll and I have a few friends – good Episcopalians, of… Continue reading

You all know that our family suffered a great loss recently. And as heartbroken as we were, and still are, I know very well that we are just one family among many thousands who are grieving this Christmas. But what… Continue reading

“Black lives matter.” That short phrase has become very much a political football these past few years, so that just saying those three words is often enough to set people’s teeth on edge. But the simple meaning of the phrase… Continue reading

Sometimes there is a person you’ve known for a long time, and you hear something new about them, and it changes the way you look at them forever. Sometimes that happens with the Bible as well. We’re reading along and… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. It’s the weekend after Thanksgiving, and the shopping season is now in full swing. And the world would like to sell you a bill of goods. The world would like to… Continue reading

Jesus and his disciples were at the Temple in Jerusalem, which was one of the most magnificent buildings in the whole world. A historian of the time, named Josephus, wrote, “Now the outward face of the Temple in its front… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: Today, we celebrate the Feast of All Saints. In one way or another, the Church has celebrated this feast almost from its earliest days. As early as the third century, a man named… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: What we call the Law was actually a whole book of laws and regulations that were given to govern life and worship in the nation of Israel. We’re most familiar with the Ten… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, use the link above. Prayer is such a mysterious thing. Of all religious practices it can be the most intimate. We bare our souls before God in prayer. Sometimes we plead for God’s mercy. Sometimes… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the above link. James and John were sons of a family of fishermen in Bethsaida, on the coast by the sea of Galilee. Along with Peter, they were the first disciples to be called… Continue reading