Sermons from November 2009

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton November 22, 2009 (Christ the King Sunday) Read: John 18:33-37; Revelation 1:4b-8 Well, it’s the last Sunday in the season of Pentecost and next week we begin the season of Advent. Advent is the beginning of the church calendar year. Today is a Sunday of endings and new beginnings. Today is also traditionally known as Christ the King Sunday. Christ the King – another contrast. A contrast between what we tend to view as…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton November 8, 2009 Read: Mark 12:38-44 and Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Widows are prominent in today’s readings from scripture. Both Naomi and Ruth were widowed and lived a difficult life until Ruth found a partner in Boaz. As widows, they were subjected to the oppression of their times. And in Mark we hear about the scribes who ‘devour widows’ houses’ – more oppression – and then the example of the poor widow who puts two…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton November 1, 2009 (All Saints Sunday) Read: John 11:32-44; Revelation 21:1-6a and Isaiah 25:6-9 Most of us know what it’s like to lose someone we care about. And in today’s gospel story we hear about Lazarus, who had died. We hear about tears. There are tears in our reading from Isaiah, there are tears in our reading from Revelation where God wipes away the tears…and there are lots of tears in John’s gospel. In…