Sermons

Dying into New Life

Year B Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Jeremiah lived during one of the most critical periods in the history of the Jewish people…  the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple…  followed immediately by the Babylonian exile…  he witnessed the last years of the kingdom...

What is Biting Us Now

Year B Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… So we’ve got this curious little passage from Numbers…  that after some more time in the wilderness…  the people became impatient…  and complained…  and spoke against God and Moses…  again…  negating their release from slavery…  and...

Forgiveness for Sale

Year B Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… We need to remember that our oldest sacred texts…  did not arise in a vacuum…  there were already other creation stories in the ancient Near East…  the Babylonian Enuma Elish …  which was discovered in 1849...

Sermon for Feb. 25

Our guest preacher today is the Rev. Canon Sunil Chandry from the Diocesan office, and we do not have a printed version of his sermon. However, you can view the sermon (and the entire service if you wish) at: www.facebook.com/hcealc/videos/6739433616157234 ; the sermon begins about 31 minutes into the video.

Put Is On a List

Year B Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… I make “to do” lists…  lots of them…  some of them I write out…  some of them I type out…  the hand-written ones are usually what I have to do on any particular day…  at least...