by Patricia Templeton | Feb 8, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Epiphany 5AFebruary 8, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in,...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 1, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Epiphany 4AFebruary 1, 2026St Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “God had told you, O mortal what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” It is the 8th century BCE and God is not...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 31, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Will we or won’t we? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself all day. Sandy Springs has had a few flurries this afternoon, but not much. I just drove to church and the roads are fine. But not too far away people got several inches...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 26, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Episcopalians have been in the news in recent days, and in a very good way. Clergy, including Minnesota Bishop Craig Loya, have been on the frontlines of protests against ICE agents cruel and lawless brutality in Minneapolis. Bishop Loya has...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 22, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Like many of you I have been watching the weather forecasts for this weekend. The predictions seem to change by the hour. What is clear is that something is going to happen, either rain, ice, or snow. It also seems like we might not know what it is until...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 18, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Epiphany 2AJanuary 18, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is a scene that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King would find all too familiar – protests across the country against the brutality of law enforcement agents – the killing of Renee Good, and the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 11, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Epiphany 1AJanuary 11, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton One of the things that I learned in seminary many years ago is that in the Episcopal Church baptism is a one-time event. It doesn’t matter if you were baptized as an infant or an adult. It doesn’t...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 4, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
EpiphanyJanuary 4, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Once again, the church’s calendar is out of sync with the culture. The 12 Days of Christmas may be a popular song, but in reality to most of the world Christmas is long over. Those Christmas...
