Worship & Sermon Archive

Jesus is on the road again, heading to Jerusalem and his destiny. But people come up to him with news of bad things happening...

We meet Jesus this week in the middle of Luke's Gospel narrative: Jesus is already actively ministering: healing people...

Friends, this Tuesday will mark the second anniversary of our last in-person worship service before the Covid-19 shutdown. 

At the end of Epiphany Season, we take time for one more epiphany, a literal 'shining forth', witnessed by Peter, John and James up on the mountain of the Transfiguration.

As I often point out, Jesus never tells us, 'Don't make enemies;' He assumes that if we follow his way of radical welcome...

In this week’s Gospel, we find Jesus on a level plain, for Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount, in the midst of a crowd in need of healing.

I know we've been at church all along, every Sunday, whether online or in person.  And we'll continue to livestream the service, same as always. 

It could have been so easy for Jesus that day in Nazareth. Returning home with a reputation, showing up at shul, basking in the glow of admiration...

The way the Gospel of Luke tells the story, nobody can do anything worthwhile without the active help of the Spirit of God. Not even Jesus.

What do we do when the wine gives out? I've been thinking about that question metaphorically this week.

This Sunday, our worship service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel, with the congregation gathering safely from a distance. 

What a year it's been! Let's hope for a much better 2022, and let's work together, and together with our God, to help that to come about.

Thank you for joining us today.

We've waited. We've watched. We've prepared him room. And now, friends, with candles and carols, through story and song...

St. Paul & St. Andrew’s ever-miraculous (“How on earth did they do that?”) Service of Lessons and Carols is back this Sunday...

We've waited all year; it's almost here! What? The SPSA Christmas Pageant, of course!

Among Joseph's many emotions at hearing that Mary is pregnant with a child that is not his (disappointment, anger, frustration, betrayal, confusion), the one that God's angel focuses on is fear: 'Don't be afraid, Joseph.

Over and over again in the scriptures, God speaks, either directly or through messengers. God’s voice can be heard time and again, saying, “Fear not!”

This year, we’ll spend the weeks of Advent exploring the theme, Be Not Afraid: The Journey Towards a Fearless Embrace of the Holy. 

I was sitting next to a rabbi friend one Thanksgiving interfaith service when this passage from 2 Corinthians was read.