Sermons from November 2022

1 Advent – November 27, 2022 Matthew 24:36-44          Our Advent Season begins with Jesus taking us back to the story of Noah and the Ark. It’s a favorite children’s story. But it’s important to notice that Jesus is not doing this to comfort us – he’s doing it to warn us, and to wake us up. Just as the story of Noah once did. Like the people in Noah’s day, or the men in the field and the women…

23 Pentecost, Proper 28 – November 13, 2022 Luke 21:5-19          So, this morning we hear that “some were speaking about the temple”.  Now, the temple, in Jerusalem, was beautiful. It had recently been refurbished by Herod the Great. And apparently, the work had been done very well. The rebuilding project had taken eighty years to complete and included new foundation walls through which Herod had significantly enlarged the temple. It was huge. Sparing no expense, he had employed the…

All Saints Sunday – November 6, 2022 Luke 6:20-31          Today, in our church calendar, we celebrate All Saints Sunday.  All Saints is an occasion to celebrate and revisit the faithful people who have gone before us – it’s not just about those who have been canonically designated as saints.  It is more so about those people whose lives provide inspiration for us. Saints, who are not models of perfection, but real people who opened themselves to the ways that…