I’ve been preaching for some 30 years now. In my files I have 6 sermons on these particular readings for the sixth Sunday of the season of Easter. Over the … Read More
There’s an old song called “Sisters” that my brunette, brown-eyed sister and I sang when we were young, in Memphis, Tennessee, to a room full of veterans, while our grandmother … Read More
Happy Easter! Here at St. Luke’s we have been getting ready for the past 125 years just so we can welcome you on this happy morning and share with you … Read More
It is traditional for Episcopal churches to have their Annual Meeting on the third Sunday in January, and this is the case for St. Luke’s. Although it might have been … Read More
You may also listen to a recording of this sermon: Like many who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I had a mostly secular childhood. We celebrated Christmas along with … Read More
The people in the Bible are no strangers to fear, distress and despair. They know what it means to wait and wait and wait for God’s promises to come to … Read More
Provisions for the Journey – what a wonderful theme the Stewardship Team chose for St Luke’s first annual pledge campaign in many years. Borrowing an image from the radio station … Read More
Proper 29, Year C Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Like many of you, … Read More
Proper 28, Year C; Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98; 2 Thess. 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 Today is an interesting one in the life of any preacher whose church uses the common lectionary. … Read More
Proper 27, Year C + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Sadducees in today’s gospel reading are scared – scared … Read More