The Rev. George Adamik discusses Mark 9:2-9 and asks “Why does Mark place the story of the Transfiguration at this point in the Gospel?”. Later in the homily, Fr. George offers a preview of upcoming Lenten activities at St. Paul’s.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Sermons (Page 43)
The Rev. Carr Holland meditates on Mark 1:29-39 and prayer: “Prayer orients, reorients, orients us again, if we will but stop and yield to its pattern.”
The Rev. Candy Snively discusses Mark 1:21-28: “Jesus has everything to do with us. He stands before us as the mirror image of who we can become. He calls us into our true self, the one made in the image and likeness of God.”
The Rev. Javier Almendárez Bautista considers the prophet Jonah: “We are, by nature, picky about our heroes. We tend to have a selective memory of their ascendance and acceptance… It’s much harder for us to imagine what it might look like not simply to acknowledge the prophets who look the part but to hear the people who don’t quite make the cut.”
The Rev. George Adamik reflects on 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20), the role of prophets, and the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Often, people use ‘prophet’ for someone who tells the future…, but I don’t see it in that way. A prophet is not someone who tells the future but someone who tells the present… and tells the present in a way that we often don’t want to hear or see. A prophet is calling a community to a new vision, inviting us into a new future.”
The Rev. Carr Holland discusses Mark 1:4-11 on the first Sunday after the Epiphany: “These gentle comings of God are what we weave our life of faith on. God comes in our care, Jesus shows up in the ways we listen and hear, the hands we hold, the meals we prepare and give away…”
On Christmas morning, the Rev. Tony Wike considers Luke 2:1-14: “We’re aware that neither the world nor this nation is really at peace but is deeply divided. We’re aware that many of God’s children still long for justice and righteousness, and so we ask ‘Where is the change? Where is the peace? Where is the hope?'”
On Christmas Eve, the Rev. George Adamik offers a different way of understanding the Incarnation: “God’s Incarnation wasn’t to somehow fix things; it was always the Creator’s intention to send the Christ into our midst.”
At the family-friendly service on Christmas Eve, the Rev. Carr Holland offers a message for children (and adults) about God’s love.
On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the Rev. Javier Almendárez Bautista reflects on the Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38): “The way may not open for you and I by way of a burning bush or a pillar of cloud and fire. It may be that your call, much like Mary’s call, will come in the ordinary events of life.”