Tag: Easter
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What Is Your Deathbed Prayer? – A Sermon On John 17:20-26
Most of you won’t be surprised when I tell you that I’m going to begin with a couple of questions. You might, however, be surprised or even startled by the questions. Don’t try to immediately answer them. I’ll give you a moment to sit with them. Just pay attention and see what they bring up Read more
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“As Soon As…” – A Sermon On John 5:1-9
For thirty-eight years the man in today’s gospel (John 5:1-9) has sat on his … mat. That’s a long time. Every day for thirty-eight years doing the same old things. Waiting. Watching. Hoping. Wondering if today is the day. Sitting on his mat has become a way of life for this man. His life is Read more
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Love Abhors A Vacuum – A Sermon On John 13:31-35
“Where I am going, you cannot come,” Jesus says to his disciples in today’s gospel (John 13:31-35). It’s the night of the last supper and Jesus knows his time to depart this world has come. “Little children,” he says to them, “I am with you only a little longer.” Peter wants to know where Jesus is Read more
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Some Soul-Searching – A Sermon On John 10:22-30
To whom or what are you dedicating yourself these days? Whose voice are you listening to and following? Who or what is shepherding your life today? On a Sunday morning in church the obvious and correct answer is Jesus. But I don’t want us to settle for the obvious and correct. Today, I want us Read more
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It’s Easter, Make A Little Effort.
Last Sunday, Easter Sunday, I said that when the stone was rolled away from the tomb the door to our future was opened to us. The obvious thing to do when someone opens the door for you is to say thank you and walk through. It may be obvious but that doesn’t necessarily make it Read more
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Sermons For The Triduum 2025
Below are my sermons from the Triduum this year: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter. Though we might experience each day’s liturgy as separate, they are in reality one liturgy. There is no dismissal after Maundy Thursday. We leave in silence. The Good Friday liturgy begins and ends in silence, again without a Read more
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Let Me Get The Door For You – An Easter Sermon On Luke 24:1-12
I’m going to ask you what I think is a very simple question with an obvious answer. But you might surprise me, you have before. So we’ll find out together. You ready? What do you do when someone opens the door for you? Yes, you say thank you and walk through it. Well done. You Read more
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The Imprints On Our Lives – A Sermon On John 15:9-17
In each of our lives there are people who have left their imprint on us. It may be something they said or did, the values they gave us, the example they set. They marked our life in ways that continue to influence and guide us whether they live down the street, across the country, or Read more
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Reshaping Our Lives – A Sermon On John 15:1-8
I’m going to tell you a modern version of today’s gospel (John 15:1-8). It’s a true story and it happened right here at St. Philip’s. Several years ago when we were building our labyrinth and prayer garden we hired a tree guy from Camp Wood to shape up the big oak tree that is out Read more
Interrupting the Silence 