Sermon for Proper 13, YR A
Question: how many of Jesus’ miracles are recorded in all four Gospels? Answer: the feeding of the five thousand is the only one. Why this story? What’s so important about […]
Question: how many of Jesus’ miracles are recorded in all four Gospels? Answer: the feeding of the five thousand is the only one. Why this story? What’s so important about […]
Mike and I stood in the ancient city of Ephesus, many miles and cultures away from our home. We had been walking ancient stone streets, standing in beating hot sun, […]
“The parable of the sower” is the first and longest of seven such stories in the 13th chapter of Matthew. The images Jesus uses in these parables are very different: weeds, a mustard […]
This weekend, in small towns and major cities across the United States, there have been celebrations of liberty and freedom. Flags will be displayed and people will gather for picnics and […]
Prelude: Jesus Name of Wondrous Love Gathering Rite First Reading: Jeremiah 28:5-9 Psalm 13 Second Reading: Romans 6:12-23 Gospel: Matthew 10:40-42 Sermon Click here to watch Fr. Dorsch’s sermon. Use […]
We have many ways we express hospitality these days, but one of the more interesting and entertaining is the welcome mat. There are the basic mats that say “Welcome” or “The […]
Prelude: O God Unseen, but Ever Near -1562 John Day’s Psalter Gathering Rite First Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-13 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Second Reading: Romans 6:1b-11 Gospel: Matthew 10:24-39 Sermon Click here […]
Radical discipleship! That’s what this gospel passage is all about. The second of five great discourses of Jesus found in the Gospel of Matthew, Biblical scholars refer to this passage as “The […]
Prelude: Beautiful Savior Gathering Rite First Lesson:Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 Second Lesson: Romans 5:1-8 Gospel: Matthew 9:35–10:8-23 Sermon Click here to watch Deacon Lauri’s sermon. Use the password: 1Z.mB42p […]
Sometime in the 90’s, when I lived in Maryland, my family and I spent some time in Smoky Mountain national Park. One morning my daughter Anneke and I set out to […]