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Story as Sermon – The Three Trees – The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Eve – December 24, 2025
This story as sermon recalls three key points of our faith the story of Three Trees and reminds all that the best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is to never forget the presence of Christ.
Read MoreSermon – Christ the King Sunday (Last Pentecost -Proper 29) – November 23, 2025
This sermon weaves together elements from the Collect of the Day for Christ the King Sunday, Taizé chant, the reading from Second Thessalonians, the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism, and the Gospel of Luke as Jesus hangs on the cross flanked by two thieves, and culminates with two prayers that speak to our response as we enter into Advent and once again explore God’s initiative in Jesus Christ.
Read MoreTHE SPIRITUAL SURPRISE MAKING VETERANS DAY AND MY COMING TRIP TO NORMANDY ALL THE MORE MEANINGFUL
I didn’t realize until just the day before I was to wear my camouflage stole while preaching and leading worship on the Sunday before Veterans Day, that my sermon had a deeper meaning for me.
Read MoreSermon – The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27) – November 9, 2025
This sermon wonders as we approach Veterans Day how the words the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians inspire those who find themselves in harm’s way defending what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke of during World War Two as freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fearas I prepare for my own pilgrimage to the beaches of Normandy.
Read MoreSermon – The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 25, 2025
This sermon reflects on how receiving the promised Advocate, another way of understanding the gift of the Holy Spirit, is very much how grace falls like rain as the parish enters into a time of preparation and promise.
Read MoreSermon – The Great Vigil of Easter – April 19, 2025
A sermon that reflects on the ancient and current examples of God’s saving deeds in history that links the foot washing act of love by Jesus to how is he his death and resurrection is life-giving when we see and find the Light of the transfigured Christ as the source of strength as Peter did.
Read MoreSermon – The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of our Lord – January 12, 2025
My sermon speaks to getting our priorities straight rather than simply writing resolutions by exploring guiding values expressed in the promises made at baptism as found meaningful in prayers and scriptures. I do this in a very personal way by sharing my six key spiritual principles.
Read MoreSermon – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 7, 2024
A sermon that asks how you make decisions in light of Psalm 48 verse 13 that reminds us that God shall be our guide for evermore. What core values, guiding principles, and images help us see and hear the invitation of the holy?
Read MoreSermon -The Cost of the Breath of God Sanctioned Freedom (Memorial Day 2011)
Text of the sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 29, 2011 The Cost of the Breath of God Sanctioned Freedom By The Very Reverend William Carl Thomas, Rector, Saint Matthews Episcopal Church
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