audio sermons
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February 15, 2015, Ashes to Ashes and Dust to … Life
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110625_001 Jesus took Peter and James and John, the core group of his small circle of disciples, up onto a mountaintop to be his witnesses when he was revealed in his glory –… Continue reading
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February 8, 2015 – Epiphany 5 – Restoring the One Love
Unfortunately there is no recording available for this sermon. My son Isaac and his wife, Christina, have moved into a boat – a 32 foot sailing boat named the “One Love”, where they have been living with their 3-year-old daughter… Continue reading
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February 1, 2015 – Something New
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110611_001 After Jesus had called Peter and Andrew and James and John, they all went into the fishing village of Capernaum, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and Jesus… Continue reading
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January 25, 2015 – Fishing with My Dad
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110604_001 One of my most precious memories from childhood is a morning I spent with my Dad when I was nine or ten years old. Our family sometimes rented a cabin in Meramec… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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 Continue reading