RECENT SERMONS

Transfiguration Sunday, Matthew 17:1-9 There is a line in today’s gospel that is easy to glide past, but if we slow down, it may be the most important sentence in…

Matthew 5:13-16; February 8, 2025; Fifth Sunday after Epiphany ------- “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill that cannot be hid. People do not…

1 Corinthians 1:26-31; February 1, 2026; Fourth Sunday after Epiphany ------- “Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were…

Matthew 4:18-23; January 25, 2026; Third Sunday after Epiphany ------- Let’s start immediately with the good news; as on this snowy, stormy weekend, it wouldn’t hurt to be warmed by…

Psalm 40:7-10; January 18, 2026; Second Sunday after Epiphany ------- “In your day of wealth and plenty, wasted work and wasted play, call to mind the word of Jesus: You…

Isaiah 49:1-3; Isaiah 42:5-7; January 11, 2026 ------- “I fear that Christians who stand with only one leg upon earth also stand with only one leg in heaven (12 August…

Second Sunday of Christmas: Jeremiah 31:7-14There is something sacred about this first Sunday of a new year.We come with a mixture of wonder and weariness.We bring hopes we can name…

Matthew 11:2-6; December 14, 2025; Third Sunday of Advent ------- 2 “When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you…

Romans 15:5-13; Matthew 3:7-9; December 7, 2025; Second Sunday of Advent ------- You know, I’m not so sure about AI.  Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, several of you have recently,…

Jeremiah 23:1-6; November 23, 2025; Christ the King Sunday ------- “The Lord is our righteousness.” – Jeremiah 23:6 That was actually the original title of my sermon, as evidenced by…