St. Luke Anglican Church

James unpacks Zechariah 14 and the prophet's apocalyptic call for a future day of the Lord. Unpacking Zechariah's surreal imagery, James shares an insight from Fleming Rutledge to describe God's activity in Advent: "God is the subject of the verb." Our response is to flee into his valley of refuge, embracing the surreal nature of disorientation, while looking for the light of Christ.

James unpacks Jesus' interactions with Pontius Pilate on Christ the King Sunday. Jesus maintains supernatural poise as he faces the lies, and questioning of his opponents. He points Pilate and us to the TRUTH, as the truth will always point to Jesus and allow for us to see the kingdoms and idolatries that get in the way.

James unpacks how the struggles of continuing to follow Jesus in faith in the book of Hebrews mirrors many questions and struggles that we all have. Using the life and music of Johnny Cash to illustrate, James shows how Jesus is the prophet, priest, and king who is worth faithfully following.

The Bible acknowledges that guilt is a reality for us all, but not an emotion meant to consume our lives. In response to our innate feeling of “I’m not good enough,” God wants to bring healing through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on our behalf. 

James unpacks how baptism a great gift from God to mark us as his own so that we are never alone. We also are grafted into Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, meaning that all of our suffering works for our good according to God's great purposes in salvation. Baptism is God's best for us!

Using the four lectionary readings from this Sunday, James unpacks how the condition of blindness, in all of its forms, effects our ability to navigate life in the light, or with righteousness. How does Jesus, the true salve and light bringer, play in? Revelation 3 and Laodicia have something for us...

Guest preacher and friend of St. Luke, Fr. Kolby Kerr powerfully preached about the tendency to “run out the clock” in our walks with Jesus after receiving salvation through faith. Drawing on Matthew 21 and Philippians 2, Kolby pointed us to the road of the Christian life, one of faithful diligence and presence on the road to heaven. He helpfully used the “running out the clock” metaphor from a sports team’s tendency to stall once they realize they are ahead, when instead he shows how Jesus calls us to a more baseball-way-of-life, one where we are called to play the game and get all of the outs. 

James returns to Romans 15 for a second time to discuss how Jesus' ministry of sacrificial hospitality created a way for both the Jewish and Gentile Communities to come together. Using the paradigm offered by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy in The Cross of Reality, James aims to point people towards a Jesus-Oriented-Community: Connected to Past, Future, Inward, and Outward Groups

In a world where church buildings come and go, the true essence of the church remains steadfast—it's not about the walls that surround us but the faith that unites us. Drawing from Romans 12, Kimberley explores what it means to be a living, spiritual community, delving into how each one of us plays a vital and unique role in building the church we long to see. Listen and reimagine what it means to be the church: a diverse body of believers united in Christ, living out hospitality, reconciliation, and love.

James intertwines discussions on the spiritual essence of community as depicted in the book of Romans, with historical narratives from 1763 and insights on Benjamin Franklin, alongside the modern dilemmas of social media and urban living's effect on mental health. He aims to show how our propensity towards the idolatry leaves us worse off than it promises, and how the Gospel brings us back.