Sermon Epiphany 1 2020

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,…

Trinity 8  2019 In this morning’s Collect we read: “O GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth” and the Epistle warms our hearts when it says: Romans viii. 12.   BRETHREN, we are debtors (we owe,) not to the flesh (of which many live their life)… For if ye live after…

Trinity I      3 June 2018      I John 4:7- 21      St. Luke 16:19-31 Sermon Notes by the Rev. Dennis Washburn, Ph.D. Many human beings over the millennia have talked and sung about love. Especially since the late 1960’s, popular culture has included a lot of talking and singing about love. A…

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…