Septuagesima Sunday 2020

Rogation Sunday  St. John 16: 24-33     6 May 2018 Sermon Notes by the Reverend Dennis Washburn, Ph.D. In English church tradition, this Sunday has been known as Rogation Sunday. “Rogation” comes from one of the Latin verbs meaning “pray” in St. John 16. In today’s Gospel from John 16, Christ talks to His disciples about…

Ash Wednesday 2019 Fr Michael Cawthon The lesson appointed for the Epistle is written in book of Joel: Turn ye even to me…with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning…turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful. My friends, this is the first day of Lent…

Palm Sunday 2018 Do not our hearts fill with sorrow when we hear the words: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Most would believe, that these words are of desperation, but yet; to those who understand these words from Psalm 22, we know that this psalm ends with a “generation coming forth,…

Oh what a Great and Loving God we have…. a God that saw His Creation terribly sick, gone astray, lost, and sinking in its own sin. A loving God who decided to save His people; thus sending His Son to cure us of our dreadful disease, called sin; yes, He sent a Son to heal…

The parable of the Pharisee and tax-collector is about two men praying. Much can be said about Christian prayer. The main emphasis today is on the mental and spiritual attitudes for prayer- and by extension, about attitudes for all of life. Like the two sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son two weeks ago,…

Second Sun. after Easter   St. John 10:11-16    15 April 2018 / Reverend Dr. Dennis Washburn Introduction-a popular name for Second Sunday after Easter is Good Shepherd Sunday. The readings contain theme. Two parts of shepherd theme in Old Testament. A) the LORD God of Israel as a shepherd and His covenant people as sheep. B)  some…