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Recently, a person I know was pre-planning their funeral service whichmany of us have done. They were picking out their favorite scripturesand hymns. They kiddingly asked for the hymn, “Here I come Lord,”where the actual title is “Here I am… Continue reading

I want to call your attention this morning to a condition that is threatening the lives of people all around us. The dangers of this condition have been scientifically proven, but for one reason or another people haven’t taken it… Continue reading

So, how do you read a passage that tells you to cut off your hand, or cut off your foot, or tear out your eye? If you think this passage that we just read is really hard to understand, you’re… Continue reading

Today you can really feel that summer is over and autumn is just a couple of days away. We’ve been plugging away at getting ready at our house: picking plums and raspberries and cucumbers and squash to can or freeze… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: I am one of those people who need to make lists. I have lists all over the place – lists on the refrigerator of the dinners I’m going to make this week, and… Continue reading

to listen to this sermon, click here: Possibly everyone has heard of Neiman-Marcus, though probably none of us here have been in one. It is a luxury department store with its headquarters in Dallas. It caters to the very wealthy.… Continue reading

The reading from Ephesians today conjures up images of Roman centurions in old-time armor. But we still wear armor nowadays. People in the military wear armor. Firefighters and people in law enforcement wear armor. And there are other kinds of… Continue reading

The subject for today is wisdom so we will read a lot from Proverbs. The book of Proverbs urges people to seek out three special things: knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Proverbs urges us to pursue these things as of first… Continue reading

It became kind of a joke during the pandemic lockdown how everybody suddenly seemed to be learning to make sourdough bread – so many people, that stores started running out of flour in a lot of places. It was funny… Continue reading

The gospel today should have a very familiar ring for us, not only because it’s one of the best-known stories about Jesus, but because feeding people is something we do here at St. Philip’s. In fact, feeding people seems to… Continue reading