Worship & Sermon Archive

What is a 'community of faith'? We toss that phase around, but do we think about what it means?

What is a 'community of faith'? We toss that phase around, but do we think about what it means?

We talk a lot in church about calling. Experiencing a call to something, or away from something. A call that feels like it comes from the Holy One.

Nathanael is skeptical about Jesus. Could this nobody from nowhere be worthy of his notice?

This weekend, here in the church world, is a pretty important weekend liturgically. From the anticipation of Advent to the hype of Christmas and the joy of baby Jesus being born...

New Year's Eve is really just another day. Except that it provides us with an excuse, an opportunity, to assess our life and think about the future. 

That's my own (loose) translation of what scripture tells us happened in a random stable on the outskirts of a backwater town in the ancient Jewish land of Judea...

Friends, We've waited all year - it's almost here! The cherished St Paul & St Andrew Service of Lessons & Carols, that is!

Friends, Come this Sunday at 11am for the fabulous St. Paul St. Andrew Christmas Pageant.

Friends, How do you get ready for Christmas? Some, like my family, decorate the day after Thanksgiving. The tree and the wreaths and the nativities all go up, even before the official start of Advent.

It seems strange to me that in some understandings of Christianity, what matters is what you believe and not what you do.

As you may remember, "talent" (τάλαντον in Greek) originally referred to a unit of money. A very big unit of money!

Even before October 7th, I had picked the Joshua passage to preach on for my first sermon at St. Paul St. Andrew.

Whenever we gather in worship, we join with other followers of Jesus we cannot see. Communion is always a 'communion of saints', past, present and future - a community beyond time and space.

So much of our time on this earth is planning for the future. What's for dinner? What will I wear on Sunday? What do I want to be when I grow up?

What does God expect of us, anyway? John Wesley came up with three 'general rules': Do no harm; Do good; Pay attention to God.

What does God expect of us, anyway? John Wesley came up with three 'general rules': Do no harm; Do good; Pay attention to God.

We do this work together and with God. We are called to live in community because through this holy connection, the impossible can happen!

Have you ever been hurt, even to the point of feeling betrayed? (And don’t we all know what it’s like to be hurt?) If so, this Sunday’s sermon is for you.

That's the question that the Israelites ask each other as they wander, thirsty, in the wilderness. Their frustration is understandable: there is no water for them to drink...