by Patricia Templeton | Oct 31, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
I was doing some web surfing this week when a headline caught my eye. “My Church Doesn’t Know What to Do Anymore” it screamed at me. “Leading a church is harder now, in 2021, than it was in 2020,” writes Elizabeth...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 10, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Jesus said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” St. Anthony of Thebes, brought up in a wealthy Christian family, but orphaned at age 18, heard these...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 19, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Sometimes I think the most amazing thing about Jesus is the patience he has with his disciples. Today’s Gospel reading is a good example. Jesus is trying to tell the disciples something important. He knows that his time on earth...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 12, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It seems to start out as just a casual, idle conversation. Jesus and his disciples are walking to the village of Caesarea Philippi, in the northernmost part of Israel. His actions have been gaining notice lately – the healing of a...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 8, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Be kind to one another.” It’s such a simple instruction Paul gives to the Christian community in Ephesus. Be kind to each other. They are words that we might be tempted to skip over. We’ve all heard them...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 1, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.” These words were written by the apostle Paul to the church in...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 25, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Do you believe in miracles? It’s a fair question to ask people of faith. Our scripture is full of miracles, defined as “an extraordinary and astonishing happening that is attributed to the presence and action of an...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 18, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Jesus saw a great crowd and he had compassion for them.” Compassion. It’s at the core of who Jesus is. Time and time again in the gospels we hear of Jesus’ compassion — for the crowds who have...
