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Sermon – The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 9, 2026

Posted on August 9, 2026 by William Carl Thomas

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This sermon celebrates that you are never alone, especially when you say “I believe,” as we explore the gifts you are given when you least expect them and need them most that unfold upon setting you heart on Jesus as you lock your eyes into his.

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Category: Sermons Tags: 74th birthday, Apostle Peter, believe, Bishop Witcher, call to priesthood, commission on ministry, Episcopal, gifts, Holy Communion, institutional talons, Jesus, least expect it, lock eyes on Jesus, my call to priesthood story, Nashotah House, need it most, Not abandoned, not alone, Notice better, remembering ability, sermon, set your heart on something, setting your heart on Jesus, walking on water, Yes Lord any place you want me to go any thing you want me to do I will do

Sermon – The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension – May 21, 2023

Posted on May 21, 2023 by William Carl Thomas

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A sermon that explores the promise to receive the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most that often feels like grace falling like rain.

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Category: Sermons Tags: blessing of God, chapel prank, Chris Agnew, Episcopal, Grace like rain, Gracious rain, Jesus, Least expected, Liminal time, Nashotah House, need it most, Pentecost, Psalm 68:9, seminary, sermon, the Ascension

The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension (with link to Worship On Demand) May 24, 2020

Posted on May 23, 2020 by William Carl Thomas

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A Sermon about how grace fell like rain on the Feast of the Ascension during seminary in 1988.

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Category: Liturgical Resources, Sermons Tags: advocate, Ascension, change, Episcopal, Grace, Grace falling like rain, helium balloons, least expect it, Liminal time, need it most, practical joke, sermon, story that sticks, the Holy Spirit, trust in God, Waiting, we are not alone