by Patricia Templeton | Jul 27, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 12cJuly 27, 2025St. Dunstan’s The Rev. Patricia Templeton Years ago, a woman’s magazine, one of those that you could see at the supermarket checkout line, had a regular feature entitled “Can this marriage be saved?” In effect, that is the question posed in the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 6, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Independence Day 2025July 6, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords … who executes justice for the orphan and widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 29, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 8CJune 29, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Many years ago, I worked in a refugee camp in Southeast Asia that housed people who had escaped from horrendous persecution in Laos and Cambodia. My job was to help prepare them for a new life in America....
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 22, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 7CJune 22, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton I had a sermon all ready for today. Here it is. But when I woke up this morning I realized that this sermon didn’t really fit what I am thinking and how I am feeling today. So I made a page of...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 22, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 7CJune 22, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton I had a sermon all ready for today. Here it is. But when I woke up this morning I realized that this sermon didn’t really fit what I am thinking and how I am feeling today. So I made a page of...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 15, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Trinity Sunday CJune 15, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” For much of the church year, we begin our worship service with those words, as Christians have done since the first century. Today is Trinity...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 8, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Pentecost CJune 8, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It’s a dangerous moment for Christianity. The disciple are gathered together in a locked room. It’s a familiar place to them. They locked themselves away from the world after Jesus’ arrest and...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 1, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 7CJune 1, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to God’s holy name.” That last verse from Psalm 97, which we said today, reminds us that people of faith are always supposed to rejoice and give thanks...