The Second Sunday in Lent Watch the Sermon Here Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 22:22-30 If we lose our life for the sake of the Gospel, then...

Click to Listen So, here we are, rather battered and ill at ease, missing our fellow congregants and wondering if we really should be here ourselves. It has been a...

https://saintmichaelssermons.s3.amazonaws.com/Kate3820.mp3 Several years ago, I was interviewing for a new position, to be rector of the church in San Jose where, indeed, I was called. While Jim and I were...

What does temptation look like? If I were to ask you to draw a picture of temptation, what comes to mind? Maybe there’s a variety of images floating around in...

During my time as a hospital chaplain, there was a particular patient, who I’ll call Bob, who was extremely difficult.  He was inconsolable, distressed, and incredibly annoying to the doctors...

First off, I want to say thank you to all of you for your love and concern for me and my family over the last few weeks. I had scarcely...

For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees everything. I speak to you in the name of the one God, who creates, redeems...

In April of 1978, a farmer in the small lakeside town of Rissa, Norway, embarked on a rather regular construction project: adding a new wing to the existing barn...

How many of you, when you got to church today and saw that we were celebrating Candlemas, said, Oh boy! My favorite feast day! How many of you have any...

One of my favorite ways to take vacation is to go backpacking – several days out on the trail with only what we’ve carried on our backs, living outside and...