by Secretary | Oct 9, 2019 | Sermons
Made Known We continue our series on the stained glass windows here at St. Andrew’s. This Sunday is World Communion Sunday and it is appropriate that the window we consider is also a communion story. Scripture: Luke 24: 13-35 Made Known...
by Secretary | Sep 30, 2019 | Sermons
Grace Upon Grace We continue our series on the Stained Glass windows that are found at St. Andrew’s. Today’s window has a passage from Johns Gospel: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Scripture: John 1: 1-18 Today we have a passage from scripture...
by Secretary | Sep 23, 2019 | Sermons
Unto the End of the Age We continue our series on the Stained Glass Windows at St. Andrew’s. Today’s passage comes from the end of Matthew’s gospel where we find the Great Commission. The words that adorn our window are “I am with you...
by Secretary | Sep 15, 2019 | Sermons
Truth Telling We continue with our series on the Stained Glass Windows in the Sanctuary of St. Andrew’s. Today our window has the following verse, “This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased.” This passage of scripture is found in the...
by Secretary | Sep 10, 2019 | Sermons
Thy Will Be Done Today’s sermon begins a series on the Stained Glass windows that are located in the sanctuary. This week and for the following six weeks we will look at the passages of scripture that are found on the windows and reflect on the. We look at these...
by Secretary | Sep 3, 2019 | Sermons
What was Jesus Like? What was Jesus like? It’s a common question that can be both easy and difficult to answer. Easy because we can look at scripture and discover a wide range of encounters with Jesus. Each of these provides us with a sense of what Jesus...
by Secretary | Aug 25, 2019 | Sermons
Jesus Sides with Compassion A question that is often asked about interpretation of scripture is how do we best do that? We bring our own cultural bias towards anything we read. Our gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status informs everything we do. How can we approach...
by Secretary | Aug 13, 2019 | Sermons
A Time for Courage Scripture: Luke 12: 32-40 When I took my Homiletics Course at Knox College I was told one thing, figure out the message you want to share with the congregation based on the scripture you are using. To be sure, there are many ways to...
by Secretary | Aug 5, 2019 | Sermons
What to do about Wealth? Scripture: Luke 12: 13-21 As I was preparing for today I read the following, “This is one of those weeks when preachers find a text pretty easy to interpret but the sermon hard to deliver.” (Matt Skinner, Dear Working Preacher) Why might this...
by Secretary | Jul 30, 2019 | Sermons
Ask, Seek, Knock What is prayer if not a conversation with God our creator. In our passage this morning the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray. The prayer which Jesus offers is what we now refer to as the Lord’s Prayer. However, it is the parable...
