Sermons

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a modern day Saint, tiny though she is, perhaps wields the most power of any living person. This is done through humbly serving the most destitute and rejected children of God. In an interview, Mother Teresa once said, “I am but a little pencil in the hand of God as He…

God accuses the false prophets in the Book of Jeremiah of saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace (Jeremiah 16: 4). Many people all over the world today are crying for peace, and the nations are seeking peace in the world. However, the peace they are seeking is superficial only to avoid wars. Such…

As the balminess of summer beckon us to commune with nature, our senses become so relaxed that we forget, until the chills of autumn settle in, the passage of time. Earlier this week, we remember to remember an irony of history that occurred half a century and one year ago. That year, the first atom…

In the name of God Creator, Incarnate in Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Amen Maybe the really hard core fundamentalists who believe the end is really near have it right. Maybe the day of reckoning, the “final tribulations” as the Jehovah’s witnesses might say, are really upon us. What with the savagery which we…

In the name of God Creator, Incarnate in Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. Maybe the really hard core fundamentalists who believe the end is really near have it right. Maybe the day of reckoning, the “final tribulations” as the Jehovah’s witnesses might say, are really upon us. What with the savagery which we…

Life on this earth is filled with challenges. One challenge that we all are familiar with is that of learning how to accept that every aspect of life is a mixture of good and evil, of pure and impure. Take for example, the natural seasons of the earth — Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall — and…

By now, the gardens that people planted in the spring have begun to bear fruit. Into the wet, dark earth went the little seeds, some of them looking like what they would be when they grew, like the beans; others almost too small to see, like the lettuce seeds. A profound gesture of hope, the…

During the season after Pentecost, we focus on what it means to be a Christian. At Christmas we heard the Good News of Christ’s incarnation. The Easter acclamation – Alleluia! Christ is Risen! – is still ringing in our ears. At Pentecost we heard that we have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to be…

Hear these comfortable words: From Isaiah –“Enter into the rockand hide in the dustFrom the terror of the Lord,and from the glory of his majesty.”“The haughtiness of people shall be humbled,and the pride of everyone shall be brought low,and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day” From Matthew –“Do not think that I…

Today’s lessons are not comforting. They run counter to the belief commonly held by many Christians that if you choose to live your life in accordance with God’s word, then everything will be alright. You will live in peace and quiet and that nothing bad will happen to you because you are being good. Today’s…

“Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. And these are the names of the twelve apostles…” Wait a minute! Something’s happening here, something important, but it goes by so fast you may not even have noticed it….