by Patricia Templeton | Oct 9, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It was not the word from the Lord that the Israelites were hoping or expecting to hear. God is addressing the survivors of the Babylonian invasion of Israel, almost 600 years before the birth of Christ. Those...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 25, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The story we hear today from Luke’s gospel is one of Jesus’ most vivid and harsh parables. There’s the poor man, Lazarus, covered with sores, sitting outside the gates of the rich man’s home. He’s so...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 18, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
You know it is going to be an interesting week of sermon preparation when you read the day’s Gospel text, scratch your head and say “Huh?”; then go to a commentary for illumination and find it begins with this sentence: “The parable of the unjust steward has baffled...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 11, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
We all remember where we were and what we were doing that day. I was getting ready for work, about to scoop up 4-month-old Joseph Henry from the bed and leave when I heard the news bulletin – a plane had hit the World Trade Center....
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 28, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It is one of the most basic tenets of scripture in both the Old and New Testaments — hospitality to the stranger. Abraham and Sarah are the first in scripture to model it. Abraham is sitting at the entrance to his tent when...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 21, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Eighteen years. For 18 years the woman has not been able to stand up straight. For 18 years she has been hunched over, her back so bent that all she can see is the ground around her. For 18 years she has not seen the sun or the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 3, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It is Independence Day weekend, a time that we celebrate the founding of this nation that we all love. It seems appropriate to be in church this weekend to offer prayers for our country. By any standards this is a difficult time...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 26, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“For freedom Christ has set us free.” It is uncanny how often the Biblical readings on any given Sunday connect directly to the events going on around us. In this week when freedom, or the lack of...
