Sermons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading