Sermons from November 2010

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton[Date]Read: 1 Advent – November 28, 2010Matthew 24:36-44, Romans 13:11-14 and Isaiah 2:1-5 Wake up! Keep awake! Be ready! We hear over and over again in our scripture readings for today about being aware, waking up, being ready. And Jesus, in Matthew’s gospel, takes us back to Noah and the days of the great flood, when people were going about their usual activities – eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage – and then their…

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton November 21, 2010 Read: Luke 23:33-43 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 an exalted position – that of king;…

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton November 14, 2010 Read: Luke 21:5-19 There is a story told about the monk who once approached Buddhaand asked: Do the souls of the righteous survive death? Characteristically the Buddha gave him no reply. But the monk persisted. Each day he would repeat the question and each day he would get silence for an answer, till he could take it no longer. He threatened to abandon the path to enlightenment unless this crucial question was…

By The Rev. Sherry Crompton November 6, 2010 (All Saints Sunday) Read: Luke 6:20-31 Today’s scripture reading from Luke is referred to as the Sermon on the Plain – there is a similar version in Matthew but that takes place on the mountain- the sermon on the mount – and Matthew doesn’t include the woes. This reading, today, has a way of making us uncomfortable. While it offers comfort to the poor, the hungry and those who weep, the woes…