audio sermons

  • August 30, 2015 – Camp Clean

    To listen to this sermon, click here: 120107_001 We spent a wonderful week last week camping on the Connecticut shore. There are many things that can be said about camping, but one of the notable things about camping is that… Continue reading

  • August 16, 2015 – Holiness – Father Joel Grigg

    No text is available for this sermon. To listen to it, click here: 111224_002 Continue reading

  • August 9, 2015 – Failure to Thrive

    To listen to this sermon, click here: 111217_001 Have you ever spent most of your afternoon preparing a big dinner for your family, something like spaghetti and meatballs and garlic bread and salad, which they enjoyed very much – for… Continue reading

  • August 2, 2015 – Grace … or Consequences

    To listen to this sermon, click here:  111210_001 Ever since the first Book of Common Prayer was compiled by Thomas Cranmer, in 1662, Anglican worship has begun with a prayer called the Collect for Purity. I stand up here and… Continue reading

  • July 26, 2015 – Grace – The Big Picture

    To listen to this sermon, click here:  111203_001 There was a movie that came out about 15 years ago called “Pay it Forward” that promoted a beautiful idea. In the movie, the 7th grade Social Studies teacher, Mr. Simonet, gives… Continue reading

  • July 19, 2015 – No More Walls

    To listen to this sermon, click here:  111126_001 I almost always focus on the gospel reading each week, but this week I want to look more closely at the reading we heard from Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus.… Continue reading

  • July 12, 2015 – Born in Dysfunction

    To listen to this sermon, click here: 111119_001 Having a large family, we had extra kids in our house a lot of the time. And one of the things I have noticed about our children’s friends is that as we… Continue reading

  • July 5, 2015 – All Too Familiar

    To listen to this sermon, click here: 111112_001 Imagine that a visiting preacher was coming to Norwood; you’ve seen posters all over town for months. And everybody’s been talking about him, because everybody knows somebody who went to see him… Continue reading

  • June 28, 2015 – The Law Writ Backward

    To listen to this sermon, click here: 111105_001 This year is the second year, year B, of the Lectionary, so we’ll be reading through the gospel of Mark, from the Pentecost season we’re in now up to next Advent, which… Continue reading

  • June 21, 2015 – Who’s in the Boat?

    To listen to this sermon, click here: 111029_001 Jesus and the twelve had spent a long day, surrounded by crowds, probably thousands, of desperate people, teaching and healing. Matthew says that on that day Jesus cast out evil spirits with… Continue reading