The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord and reflects on resilience and healing in the face of American violence.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Sermons (Page 27)
On the Second Sunday after Christmas, the Rev. Carr Holland discusses the dreams of Joseph and the Magi and the revealed counterpoint of evil and suffering in the Christmas story, which is just as messy and complicated as our own contemporary world (Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23).
On the First Sunday after Christmas, the Rev. Dr. Cathy Deats reflects on foster care and adoption and why this becomes an important, radical metaphor for Paul the Apostle (Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7).
On Christmas, the Rev. George Adamik reflects on how an encounter with Christ calls us beyond our defined experiences (Luke 2:1-20).
On Christmas Eve, the Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista preaches at St. Paul’s outdoor drive-in service: “It wasn’t suppose to happen this way. The year 2020, of course, but also the gospel reading for today, the birth of Jesus Christ” (Luke 2:1-20).
On the Third Sunday of Advent, Zack Rugen reflects on lament, joy, and gratitude (Psalm 126 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24).
On the Second Sunday of Advent, the Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista reflects on the strange opening of Jesus’s story in Mark 1:1-8, which begins in the wilderness and asks us if we are willing to follow a wandering Messiah: “the way of Jesus winds its way through the wilderness road, far from the places you know and love.”
On the First Sunday of Advent, the Rev. Carr Holland reflects on the beginning of a new year in the Church calendar and what it means to seek after God in a difficult, disorienting time (Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37).
On the Feast of Christ the King, the Rev. George Adamik describes two profound ways of understanding Jesus Christ.
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista reflects on the end of the liturgical year, the parable of the Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:31-46), and how to make the most of our one precious life.