William C. Noble
Sermons and Bible Studies
Light in Darkness, Christmas 1 – 2002
In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone… snow had fallen, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter long, long ago. […]
A Season of Signs, Advent 3 (B) – 2002
Advent is a season of signs. Some signs are sacred; some are secular. Some familiar; some unrecognized. Each Advent sign points to the one who first came to us in […]
The Story in Today’s Gospel…, Proper 27 (A) – 2002
The story in today’s Gospel that Jesus told his earliest followers about wise and foolish virgins — is a story about vigilance and values, a story of surprise and response […]
A Good Father, Proper 6 (C) – 2001
A good father flies kites with you at the park. A good father takes you fishing. A good father takes good care of you. A good father keeps you out […]
Has It Always Been So?, Christmas 1 – 2000
O Little town of Bethlehem, The hopes and fears of all the years are met again this year in you. Has it always been so? It was certainly so ten […]
Before He Was a Month…, Proper 20 (B) – 2000
Note: The reader may wish to omit the first three paragraphs in brackets depending on the context and the congregation. The sermon may begin at paragraph four and still retain […]
Veterans’ Day Selected Sermon
Blessed Are The Peacemakers On the day we went to Bosnia, the Air Force did not have the required clearances to fly in Austrian air space. The flight down from […]
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