Following the Way of the Hen, The Rev. Jane Tillman, 3-16-2025
The Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 Some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, […]
Transfiguration Sunday, The Rev. Dr. Janet Zimmerman, 3-02-2025
The Gospel: Luke 9:28-36, 37-43a Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and […]
Sermon – The Rev. Dr. Janet Zimmerman, 2-23-2025
The Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 Jesus said, “I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold […]
And the Child’s Mother and Father were Amazed – The Rev. Dr. Janet Zimmerman, February 2, 2025
The Gospel: Luke 2:22-40 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), and they […]
The Wise Men – Who Are These Guys? – The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White, January 5, 2025
The Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When […]
Elizabeth and Mary – The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White, December 22, 2024
The Gospel: Luke 1:39-45, 46-55 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with […]
Rejoice in the Lord – The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White, December 15, 2024
The Gospel: Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is […]
God With Us – The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White, December 8, 2024
The Gosel: Luke 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of […]
The Three Comings of the Lord – The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White, December 1, 2024
The Gospel: Luke 21:25-36 Jesus said, “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens […]
Episcopalians and the Bible ~ The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White, November 17, 2024
The Collect of the Day: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; […]