Sermons

To listen to this sermon, click the link below. If someone asked you, “What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus?” or “What does it mean to be a good Christian?” what would you tell them? We might… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Almost thirteen years ago, when I first came to St. Philip’s, Dcn. Peggy gave me this big bunch of keys: keys for the Parish Hall door, the… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Is there anyone who doesn’t feel really uncomfortable with the story of the Canaanite woman and Jesus that we just read? It’s always seemed to me one… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. In the OT reading today, we find the great prophet Elijah hiding out in a cave, alone and terrified and in despair – and with good reason. The Queen of Israel,… Continue reading

Most of you have probably heard that Bishop Dan Herzog, Eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Albany, died this past Friday, August 4th. It was an enormous loss for many people in the Diocese: there were so many people who… Continue reading

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below. In recent years, people have made some really beautiful documentaries about the natural world. Our daughter Emily gave us the dvd series “Planet… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon click the link above. An outline is given below In Jesus’s day there was a law on the Roman books dealing with the crime of sowing weeds in the wheat field of another person. It… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. And outline of the sermon is given below: The experts on the Scriptures in Jesus’s day were the Scribes and the Lawyers and the Pharisees. They pored over the writings of… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. We just got back from our vacation in Quebec. What was restful: Beautiful countryside, visiting the Abbaye and quaint little villages, staying in a… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is the outline of the sermon Today’s reading from Jeremiah: The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were… Continue reading