by Patricia Templeton | Aug 11, 2023 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I just returned this evening from Florida and a week at the beach with longtime friends. It was relaxing, healing, and fun. It was also a vacation from the news — except for the distressing news from Hawaii. The vestry has voted to send $15,000 to...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 30, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
In the opening pages of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the penultimate volume in that magical series, the prime minister of England is worried. Strange and ominous things have been happening across his country – dozens have died when a well-built,...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 23, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
For these four and a half months since Joe’s death I have been slowly going through his things, deciding what to keep and what to donate or throw away. Joe was, to put it politely, a bit of a packrat, so there is a lot to sort through. Sometimes in the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 16, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The original source of this quote is uncertain, but the words have stayed with me since I first heard them in seminary many years ago. “A preacher,” the theologian said, “should have the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.” Since I spent many years...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 9, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
For the last three Sundays in our Gospel readings we have heard Jesus telling his disciples what life will be like for those who follow him. At first, life as a disciple sounds pretty good. Jesus gives his friends and followers the authority to cast out demons, to...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 2, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Her name escaped me long ago, but her actions will haunt me forever. The rural Tennessee woman, whose story I covered as a reporter for the Nashville Banner, was a person of faith, who always tried to do what she believed God would have her do, no matter how difficult...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 25, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
There’s a funny thing about history. It changes depending on who is telling it. For many years, history textbooks told the story of this country’s past from the viewpoint of white men. Stories of women, Native Americans, African Americans, and other minorities were...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 18, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
I was talking to a friend a few days ago, who commented that she had heard people talking about the three-day holiday weekend. “When did Fathers’ Day become a national holiday?’ she asked. Well, today is Fathers’ Day, and we give thanks for all...
