Sermons (Page 39)

A View from a Point

February 24, 2019
The Rev. George Adamik

The Rev. George Adamik recounts a trip to the grocery store and discusses the radical message of Luke 6:27-38: “We’ve fallen into a time when it’s difficult to be open to another viewpoint. We defend our point rather than trying to open ourselves to relationship, to understanding the other viewpoint… The reason I bring this up is to lead us to the gospel we just read. It may be difficult to hear from the point where we view things… The ministry of Jesus was predominately to those on the margins, to those on the periphery of culture, to the poor, to the oppressed, to the enslaved, to those who had no hope…”

A Meaningful Life

February 17, 2019
The Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland meditates on the Beatitudes (Luke 6:17-26), vulnerability, and living a meaningful life: “At Yale, there is currently a course for which there are only 60 slots annually but about 250 applicants. It came about because of a realization in the divinity school that a key question of liberal arts education was missing: what makes for a meaningful life?”

Fishers of People

February 10, 2019
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista

The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista discusses Luke 5:1-11, where Simon, James, and John become “fishers of men.”

Going Home, Reaching Beyond

February 3, 2019
The Rev. George Adamik

The Rev. George Adamik reflects on Jesus’s controversial return to his hometown in Luke 4:21-30.

Where Does It Hurt?

January 27, 2019
The Rev. Candy Snively

The Rev. Candy Snively discusses Luke 4:14-21, the beginning of Jesus’s ministry, and the relevance of his message today.

Extravagance of Grace

January 20, 2019
The Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland discusses the Wedding at Cana and grace (John 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11): “I had this image, how some go through life and their days, perceiving they have a pound of sugar or kindness or goodness, some but a cup, and others a teaspoon. And we deal with each other from that perception.”

The Baptism that Turns your Life Upside Down

January 13, 2019
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista

(Luke 3:15-17, 21-22) A young girl named Joanne got her first job at the tender age of nine. She and her sister cleaned a little Anglican church down the street from their home in England. … She was baptised on July 31, 1976, her eleventh birthday, sprinkled at the font of St. Luke’s Church. She would go on the share her birthday with the main character of a book she would later write. Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, gave birth to the boy who lived, Harry Potter….

My Road Trip

January 6, 2019
The Rev. George Adamik

On the Feast of the Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12), the Rev. George Adamik contemplates city skylines and our calling to be “spires of light in the darkness of our world.”

Come, I’ll Show You (Christmas Eve 2018)

December 24, 2018
The Rev. George Adamik

On Christmas Eve, the Rev. George Adamik reflects on Jesus’s birth into poverty, among the homeless, outcasts, the poor, refugees, and migrants.

The Word Made Flesh

December 23, 2018
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista

The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista discusses Luke 1:39-45(46-55) and the power of words: “It is into this world, full of hurtful, painful, broken words, that the Word made flesh decided to enter one fateful day long ago. And it is this world, full of our pain and our loss, that the Word made flesh is preparing to enter even now.”