Category Archives: Sermons
August 17, 2014, Pentecost 10 – Behold, How Good and Pleasant It Is
Unfortunately, due to dead batteries, there is no recording of this sermon. This has been a week of unrest in our world. In particular, in St. Louis Missouri, just a few blocks from where my sister lives, an 18-year-old man, unarmed, was shot and killed by a police officer, leading to a lot of anger …
August 10, 2014, Pentecost 9 – Anyone Can Walk
To listen to this sermon, click here: 140210_001 On June 25th, 2011, a magician named Steve Frayne, also known as “Dynamo”, performed a really spectacular illusion in front of lots of onlookers in London. As people watched, “Dynamo” apparently walked out on the waters of the Thames River, without sinking in. Dynamo calls himself “magician …
August 3, 2014, Pentecost 8 – Enough Is Enough
To listen to this sermon, click here: 140203_001 Here is one of the more terrifying experiences you can have, if you are a fairly quiet and insecure person. Imagine that you are at a meeting, and you come up with an idea that seems like a really good one, something that one of those talented …
July 27, 2014, Pentecost 7 – The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like a Man Who Fell in Love
There is no text available for this sermon. To listen to the recording, click here: 140127_001
July 20, 2014, Pentecost 6 – The Patient Farmer
To listen to this sermon, click here: 140120_001 This week almost three hundred people, traveling on a commercial airline, were killed when someone shot the plane down with a surface-to-air missile as it passed over the Ukraine. Violence between Palestine and Israel made the news every single day, but the media seem to have grown …
July 13, 2014, Pentecost 5 – Life in the Dirt
To listen to this sermon, click here: 140113_001 The disciples asked Jesus once, “Why do you always speak to the people in parables?” And Jesus answered them in his typical, maddeningly cryptic way, “I speak to them in parables because they see, but they don’t really see, and they hear, but they don’t hear or …
July 6, 2014, Pentecost 4 – The Voice in the Marketplace
140106_001 Our next-door neighbor was hosting a Fourth-of-July get-together yesterday, which we were able to enjoy vicariously through our open windows. Our two little neighbor girls, who are very nice girls, were joined by a whole bunch of their friends, and they sounded like they were having a blast – they had a trampoline and …
June 29, 2014, Pentecost 3 – Trust Falls
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131230_001 As a shy person, I have always had a terribly hard time with group activities like team building exercises, but I do realize that they can be very valuable and important things. Despite what it feels like when you are an insecure newcomer, they really aren’t designed …
June 22, 2014, Pentecost 2 – You Can’t Be a Little Bit Pregnant
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131223_001 It is a true saying, and worthy of full acceptance, what a wise doctor once said to me: “It’s not possible to be a little bit pregnant.” There are many things we dabble at in our lives. As children we have favorite colors and foods and toys …
June 15, 2014, Trinity Sunday – Ambassadors for the True King
Below is an outline of the sermon. To listen to this sermon, click here: 131216_001 This occurs after the resurrection. For forty days people had seen Jesus and talked with him and eaten with him. But at this time he called the eleven up onto a mountain to speak clearly with them, to make sure …
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 