The following are sermon notes from the gospel (Luke 24:44-53) for the feast, of Ascension celebrated on St. Aidan’s YouTube, May 24, 2020. ** He opened thei...

We’re approaching Pentecost: in two week’s time we’ll be celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples, transforming them and giving birth to th...

The gospel for the sixth Sunday of Easter (John 14:15-21) recasts and reflects themes that initially appeared in the evangelist’s first chapter. In addition ...

What does it really mean to be a follower of Jesus, a Christian? Today in our readings we have a snapshot of the very first Christians in their faith life to...

It’s three days after the crucifixion. Two people trudge along the road to Emmaus. They’re very sad. Their leader has been executed and they are returning ho...

The Gospel for the Fifth Easter Sunday (John 14:1-14) is a “look-back” at what Jesus had told his closest followers at the Last Supper. By using this gospel ...

The gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (John 10:1-10) includes one of my favorite scripture passages. Quoting Jesus, it reads, I came that they may have ...

The gospel for the Third Sunday of Easter is Luke 24:13-35…. Jesus’ appearance to two disciples on the road to Emmaus. ** On Easter Sunday afternoon two of J...

Our Easter gospel starts with tears at an empty tomb. It doesn’t start with rejoicing and celebration but with loss and grief - Mary Magdalene, standing at t...

In the gospel for Easter Sunday, (John 20:1-18) Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed. So she ran … to Simon Peter and the ...

As I began to prepare this sermon, I noted that Good Friday coincided (within a day) of the anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s death. ** The Nazis hung Bon...

What a different Palm Sunday celebration this is from the one we’d planned. At the 10:30 service it was to have been a fun, lively inter-generational service...

Holy Week begins with the gospel of Jesus’ entry into the city of Jerusalem (Luke 19:28-44). "Jesus .. went ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Be...

I’ve been noticing signs outside churches since we’ve all had to cancel our services and lock our doors. The messaging ranges from simple and moving to comic...

Two weeks ago, the gospel story was about Nicodemus, a Pharisee who was perplexed by the call to faith that Jesus spoke of as being "born again". Last week, ...

I want to start by describing a scenario: There’s a charismatic leader, usually but not always a man. He’s good-looking, or rich and powerful, or maybe he’s ...

When I’m preparing a homily, the first thing I do is determine if there’s a common theme linking all the readings together. Sometimes it’s not so obvious, bu...

There are some difficult verses in today’s gospel – verses that might sound more like the Taliban than Jesus: · Cut off your hand if it causes you to sin. Te...

February 2, 2020 Lucy Reid I just became aware this year of Sad Monday – the third or forth Monday of January supposedly being the saddest day of the year (i...

For the last 100 years or so at this time of the year, Christian churches of various traditions have observed an ecumenical initiative called the “week of pr...