Category Archives: audio sermons
January 18, 2015 – The Story Retold
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110528_001 It is a very human thing to re-tell stories. We do it all the time. When my children were little, like all parents I used to tell them stories at bedtime. Sometimes we read chapter books together, but a lot of times I would tell the old …
January 11, 2015 – The Day God Showed Up
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110521_001 According to any kind of human logic, the moment of God’s appearing in the world should have been at the pinnacle of human virtue and holiness. when people had finally reached high enough or became wise enough, or offered enough sacrifices, or performed enough acts of goodness, …
January 4, 2015, Epiphany – Joyfully Ever After
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110514_001 We live in a culture that is all about being happy. The pursuit of happiness is right there in our declaration of independence, one of our ‘inalienable rights’ as human beings. But as modern Americans we have made the pursuit of happiness our national pastime, at least …
December 28, 2014, Christmas 1 – This Little Light of Mine
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110507_001 In 1966, the folk duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded a version of the Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ blended into a sort of sound collage with the 7 o’clock news. The speaking voice was the broadcast of the actual events of August 3 of that year. …
December 14, 2014, Advent 3 – The Year of Our Joy
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110423_001 It was about 1400 years before Jesus was born that the Israelites finally came to the end of their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and were entering the land that God had promised to give their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. There were twelve tribes …
The Noteworthy Handbell Choir at St. Philips
This is the performance done at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Norwood, NY on December 7, 2014. Click here to listen: 110416_002
December 7, 2014, Advent 2 – Prepare Ye the Way Every Day
There is no recording available for this sermon. John the Baptist is a huge figure every year as we enter into the new liturgical year. Every year we read about this strange wild man, who moved out into the desert and ate locusts – insects – and wild honey, and wore a camel’s hair robe …
November 30, 2014, Advent 1 – Lo! He Comes!
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110409_001 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 offer you the Hallmark Channel life, where everything is pretty and clean and everyone is well-groomed, …
November 23, 2014, Pentecost 24 – A Jury of the Last and the Least
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110402_001 First of all, the passage we just read is not a parable. It’s not the same as the Parable of the Bridesmaids or the Parable of the Talents, a story meant to teach us a lesson. Jesus is telling us, here in the 25th chapter of the gospel …
November 16, 2014, Pentecost 23 – What Will It Be? Fear, or Faith?
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110326_001 There are books of poetry and stories that are written to make you feel good, books like “Chicken Soup for the Soul” or little collections of devotional poetry, things you can pick up and know you’ll get that little heartwarming buzz you’re looking for. It’s not hard …
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