Sermon | 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 13, 2021 B
Mark 4:26-34 “This box looks old. Parables are old. I wonder if there is a parable inside? The box is the color gold. Parables are valuable, maybe even more valuable…
Category: Fr. Birch
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Sermon | 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 6, 2021 B
Genesis 3:8-15 When is the last time you heard a sermon about the devil in an Episcopal church? Don’t be scared, I promise there won’t be any fire and brimstone.…
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Sermon | Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2021 B
Acts 2:1-21 Medes and Parthians, Cretans, Romans, Jews and Arabs, and so many more, probably from every race and tribe, people and nation that Luke had ever heard of. So…
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Sermon for 7th Sunday in Easter, May 16, 2021 B
John 17:6-19 This Sunday we’re standing in an in-between time. This past Thursday, the Church celebrated the Feast of the Ascension, as Jesus was taken into heaven and in Christ…
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Sermon for 6th Sunday in Easter, May 9, 2021 B
John 15:9-17 I had so many preaching options today. Today is Mothers Day, so I could have preached about Mothers. Today is a Rogation Sunday, and I thought it could…
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Sermon for 5th Sunday in Easter, May 2, 2021 B
John 15:1-8 Happy Easter! This is the time of the season when we start to forget that it is still Easter. This week’s lesson from John’s first letter gives me…
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Sermon for 4th Sunday in Easter, Apr. 25, 2021 B
John 10:11-18 Today, the fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday. We always read the 23rd Psalm and we hear one of the Good Shepherd readings from…
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Sermon for 3rd Sunday in Easter, Apr. 18, 2021 B
Luke 24:36b-48 Wow! I’m finally standing here! Psalm 4: 7: You have put gladness in my heart,more than when grain and wine and oil increase. First sermons are always exciting.…