Sermons (Page 3)

Sermons (Page 3)

On the Occasion of Jarvis Wyche’s Farewell

On the Occasion of Jarvis Wyche’s Farewell Part I June 17, 2019 On this Trinity Sunday it seems appropriate to celebrate Jarvis and his work here at St. Michael’s over the last 5 years, and to focus our attention on our youth ministries.  And before I hand over to Jarvis I want to refer to an…

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Seventh Sunday of Easter June 2, 2019 Acts 16:16-34 With Paul and Silas, we came to Philippi in Macedonia, a Roman colony, and, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the…

Do you want to be made well?

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 26, 2019 Sermon Text: John 5.1-9 After Jesus healed the son of the official in Capernaum, there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids– blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who…

On the Occasion of First Communion

Fifth Sunday of Easter May 19, 2019 On the Occasion of First Communion for Holly and Mia I, like Holly and Mia, received my Holy Communion at a First Communion Service at a church called Church of the Epiphany in Providence, Rhode Island. It was the tradition at my church that you waited to receive communion until you were prepared at the age of 7 or 8.  Back then,…

One of the Flock

One of the Flock Fourth Sunday of Easter Preached at St. Gabriel’s, Marion, Massachusetts May 12, 2019 My cousin Nanne is a sheep farmer in Washington, Maine.  She is amazing.  She is a few years older than I am and she was the kind of cousin I was in awe of as a child – she was a killer field hockey player, my parents adored her, and she walked barefoot…

Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas Second Sunday of Easter April 28, 2019 John 20:19-31 Doubting Thomas is arguably the patron saint of modern belief.  I am amazed that he was brave enough to stand up to all those other disciples who said they had seen the Lord and that he said he was not going to believe in the Resurrected Jesus until he saw Jesus and his wounds with his own eyes and…

Jesus on the Surface

Jesus on the Surface of it was a big failure Easter Sunday April 20, 2019 There was a New Yorker cartoon published some time ago that showed two very bored and fed-up looking Roman soldiers standing guard outside Jesus’ tomb. And one of them says to the other, “I don’t know what all the fuss is about, in a year’s time no one will remember his name.” And in one respect…

The Transformative Power of the Eucharist

The Transformative Power of the Eucharist Maundy Thursday April 18, 2019 Preaching Texts: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 & John 13:1-17, 31b-35 A couple of days ago, I found myself pondering the importance of the Eucharist when my husband came across a photo – of my father.  This is back in 1944 or 1945.  He is leading a Holy Communion Service on the hood of a jeep…

Spiritually Peaky

Spiritually Peaky Passion Sunday – The Fifth Sunday of Lent April 7, 2019   Preaching Texts Philippians 3:4b-14 If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as…