by Patricia Templeton | Mar 30, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“There was a man who had two sons.” Thus begins what is probably the best known of all of Jesus’ stories, usually known as the parable of the prodigal son. This tale of the son who takes his inheritance, squanders it, then comes home to be greeted with joy by...
by Misty Bentz | Mar 23, 2025 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
Lent 3C, March 23, 2025, The Rev. Colin Brown Back when Christie and I were members here at St. Dunstan’s the first time, there was another young couple, Andy and Jana Delfino, who joined a couple of years after we did. Christie and I lived in Mableton at the time,...
by Misty Bentz | Mar 16, 2025 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
March 16, 2025 sermon by artist Kelly Latimore “It’s an honor for my partner and I to be with all of you here at St. Dunstan’s today. Tricia, Bishop Wright, Family and Friends. But also, the many other people who are not with us now but whose lives live on in us...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 9, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
They have almost made it. After almost 40 years of in the wilderness, the Israelites are gathered on the plains of Moab, on the verge of entering the land that has been promised to them so long ago. After almost four decades of feeling lost, unsure, discouraged, and...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 5, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Those somber words are at the heart of our Ash Wednesday service, a sobering reminder of our mortality. No matter how rich or powerful or beloved we may be, our end is the same. We all return to dust. I’ve...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 2, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
On the top of a mountain, Jesus kneels in prayer as his friends struggle to stay awake. As he prays, Jesus is suddenly filled with radiant light, his very face aglow. Then two figures from another time and place appear, Israel’s two greatest prophets Moses...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 23, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Have you ever picked up a book, opened it about three-fourths of the way through and started reading? You don’t know the characters, the plot, the context. Even if you can tell that something important is happening it doesn’t quite make sense. To...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 16, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Blessed are the poor, we hear Jesus say today. Blessed are the hungry, those who weep, and those who are hated because they follow him. In these beatitudes, or blessings, Jesus is naming those on the margins, the outskirts of society, and saying that in God’s...
