Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison, NY, on the 4th Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2026: Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10Today I am 65 years old. It is serendipity that this birthday falls not only on a Sund…
Sermon for Easter Day, April 5, 2026 at Church of the Redeemer, Addison: Jeremiah 31:1-6, Matthew 28:1-10 We heard God say through the prophet Jeremiah, “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness.” And what was that gr…
Sermon for the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 25, 2026: Matthew 4:12-23. Not preached due to cancellation of service due to weather. While I was at St. Thomas’, Bath, I mostly taught Sunday School. I used a method of teaching that I…
Sermon for the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 25, 2026: Matthew 4:12-23. Not preached due to cancellation of service due to weather. While I was at St. Thomas’, Bath, I mostly taught Sunday School. I used a method of teaching that I…
Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison, on the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 18, 2026: Isaiah 49:1-7 So here we have Isaiah telling us the same thing he told us last week: I will give you as a light to the nations, that…
Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison, on the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 18, 2026: Isaiah 49:1-7 So here we have Isaiah telling us the same thing he told us last week: I will give you as a light to the nations, that…
Sermon preached at Evensong, 2nd Sunday of Easter, April 27, 2025, celebrating the 165th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church of the Redeemer: Psalm 46, 1 Peter 2:1-5, 9-10 165 years. That’s 8,580 Sundays. Week by week, 8,580 times,
Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Year C): Jeremiah 17:5-10; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 If there is a word of the day this morning it seems to be “trust.” We prayed at the beginning of the service, “O God, the strength o…
Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison, January 19, the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany: John 2:1-11 Grant that your people, illumined by your word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory…. Jesus did this, the fi…
Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison, on the First Sunday after Epiphany, celebrating the Baptism of Jesus: Isaiah 43:1-7, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 There is one little detail in Luke’s telling of the story of Jesus’ Baptism that ma…
Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison on Christmas Eve: Luke 2:1-20 I have been stuck on the word “surprise” this Advent. It first occurred to me preparing for the Advent classes we did this year. We pondered three questions fr…
Sermon preached at Church of the Redeemer, Addison, NY on the 1st Sunday of Advent: Luke 21:25-36 “The Doctor is IN,” says the sign at Lucy’s booth in the comic strip Peanuts. Ever forlorn and confused Charlie Brown confesses to her, “Somet…