Category Archives: Sermons
April 7, 2013, Easter 2 – The Vision
To listen to this sermon, click here: The Vision The second Sunday after Easter is traditionally Thomas Sunday; we read the story of Doubting Thomas, who wouldn’t believe that Jesus had risen until he experienced it for himself, until he saw and touched the physical body of Christ. But when he did finally see Jesus, …
March 31, 2013, Easter – When You Go Out, You Will Meet Him
To listen to this sermon, click here: When You Go Out, You Will Meet Him I love the truthfulness of God’s word. If a person had written the story of the empty tomb it would have been much more full of faith and awe, and much less full of confusion and unbelief. The made-for-TV movie …
March 30, 2013 Easter Vigil – Becoming Part of the Big Story
To listen to this sermon click here: Becoming Part of the Big Story We have a big storage closet in our new house, and about a third of it is full of boxes and boxes and boxes of photographs – some boxes full of photo albums, and other boxes full of envelopes and shoeboxes and …
March 28, 2013, Maundy Thursday – I Will Make You Washers of Feet
At the Passover, Jesus gathered his disciples around the table for this one last time. It was the last time they would all share a meal together, the last time before their lives would all be changed forever. By that evening Judas would be found to be a traitor, and the rest of them cowards …
March 29, 2013, Good Friday – The PT of the Cross
To listen to this sermon, click here: The PT of the Cross I passed on an email this past week that I received from Deacon Pat, about little Natalie TaRiele, who was seriously injured in a car accident one year ago. She was just seven years old when the accident happened. Natalie has been on …
March 17, 2013 – Lent 5, What Is That Smell?
To listen to this sermon, click here: What Is That Smell? There are times, when something momentous is about to happen, that time itself seems to slow down, and every action and word seems to have special meaning. Whether it is something good or something terrible that is about to happen, we see and hear …
March 10, 2013 – Lent 4, Standing on the Porch
To listen to this sermon, click here: Standing on the Porch The written text for this sermon is unavailable. Below, you can read the outline the sermon was preached from. Tuesday, our son Gabe arrived home for a visit from North Carolina. He flew from Raleigh into Syracuse and took the 3-hour bus ride north, …
March 3, 2013 – Lent 3, Judgment or Fruit
To listen to this sermon, click here: Judgment or Fruit It may be that every generation has felt this way, but most days our generation does seem to have more than its share of evil and suffering. Every day we hear news of terrible things being done by people and terrible things happening to people. …
February 24, 2013 – Lent 2, God, Who Doesn’t Give Up
To listen to this sermon, click here: God Who Doesn’t Give Up I never met my mother’s mother, because she died when my mother was a young bride. But in a very real way I do know her, because I have heard so many stories about her. I know that she was often sick so …
February 17, 2013 – Lent 1, Identity Theft
To listen to the recording, click here: Identity Theft If you’ve ever lost your purse or your wallet, unless you are in the habit of carrying lots of cash around, your greatest loss probably wasn’t the money you were carrying. I can’t speak for everyone, but for a lot of people the greatest loss would …
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 