by Patricia Templeton | Sep 27, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 21ASeptember 27, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Jesus said, “A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ He answered, ‘I will not,’ but later he changed his mind and...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 6, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 18CSeptember 6, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “The one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” The commandments “are summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 30, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 17AAugust 30, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Last week’s hero is this week’s goat. In last Sunday’s gospel reading, Peter, the first-called of all the disciples, was praised for correctly answering Jesus’ question, “Who do you...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 23, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 16AAugust 23, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today we heard the story of a defining moment in Jesus’ ministry. He and his disciples are walking on a dusty road north of Palestine. Jesus has been busy in recent days, healing the sick, feeding...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 26, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 12AJuly 26, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Harry Potter has been big in our house for decades. Every few years Joseph Henry and I have a Harry Potter movie marathon. And every so often I go back and reread the series about the boy wizard. Recently...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 5, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The Fourth of JulyJuly 5, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “God is not ashamed to be called their God.” This sentence from our second scripture reading today, a letter to the Hebrews, has been knocking around in my mind all week. That reading, like all...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 28, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 8AJune 28, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Years ago there was a spy movie called The Good Shepherd. It starred Matt Damon as Edward Wilson, a Yale student who was recruited to work in military intelligence during World War Two, and then was...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 21, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 7AJune 21, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Do not think I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a...
