Church and Politics

June 5, 2016
Good morning everyone. It’s great to be here at St. Paul’s this morning with you all to share in fellowship and faith. Everytime I’ve stepped through these doors, you feel…

Trust and Believe

May 29, 2016
The encounter of Jesus with the centurion in today’s lesson is one that seems simple on the surface. It ends with a statement by Jesus about the faith that he…
While the Bible never states categorically that the Spirit of truth only appears after the resurrection of Jesus, our history and tradition in the Christian church has seemed to confirm…

An Answer to Prayer

May 15, 2016
This is Pentecost Sunday. This is the day in the Christian calendar when the traditional reading for the day is Acts chapter 2. This is the account of the coming…
I have often spoken to you about the disciple called John. He is referred to as the beloved disciple and in his gospel we find so many examples of what…
The two passages of Scripture for today are both from the hand of the disciple known as the beloved disciple – John. In his Gospel, we have a picture of…
Our scripture from Philippians 1 is a wonderful reference for our theme today – Learning and Reaching Out Together in Love. Philippians is written while Paul is in prison. He…

Do you hear what I hear?

April 17, 2016
Do you hear what I hear? I am sure that that is not what you expected in a sermon title for this time of year. In fact it probably puts…

Nourishing Faith

April 10, 2016
Nourishing Faith – John 21:1-19 It is only in the Gospel of Luke that we sense the depth of anguish felt by the disciple Peter when the cock crowed twice…

Locked or unlocked?

April 3, 2016
When I was in seminary, one of the classes I had to take was Greek. I am not very good at languages. I am even worse at being able to…