Sermon — February 13, 2022 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings There’s been a subtle change in the way people use the word “blessed” over the last decade. Ten years ago, if I asked someone how they were and they … Continue reading →
Sermon — February 6, 2022 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips!” (Isaiah 6:5) Welcome to my annual report. … Continue reading →
Sermon — January 23, 2022 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings Even in 2022, with so many free travel amenities of the past gone, 80% of hotel rooms still contain a Bible. In part, it’s because they tend to stick … Continue reading →
Sermon — January 16, 2022 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings When time seemed to slow down in March 2020, some people’s kitchens slowed down too. All around the world, people with too much time on their hands tossed out … Continue reading →
Sermon — January 2, 2022 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings A few weeks ago The Washington Post ran an article with the headline, “The teens who hated Abercrombie are the adults shopping there now — and they can’t believe … Continue reading →
Sermon — Christmas Eve, 2021 The Rev. Greg Johnston “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:5) I had a parishioner once who was a professor at MIT. He was an astrophysicist, so … Continue reading →
Sermon — December 12, 2021 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings I do three things at the altar rail every Sunday during communion: I deliver the Body of Christ to anyone who wants to receive communion; I say a blessing … Continue reading →
Sermon — December 5, 2021 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings For my birthday a few weeks ago, Alice and Murray bought me a two-part present that says a lot about the kind of man I am. First, they went … Continue reading →
Sermon — November 21, 2021 The Rev. Greg Johnston Lectionary Readings In a time of national crisis, just a few years before the whole nation would erupt into rebellion and destruction, a man rose from the obscurity of provincial life … Continue reading →
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