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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Easter 6CMay 25, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today is the 30th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. That is a milestone of sorts. I hope you’ll indulge me for not preaching on the Biblical texts today, but instead reflecting on...
Easter 5CMay 18, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is the very first church controversy, and like the hundreds, if not thousands, since then, it threatens to tear apart the body of the faithful. The controversy is ancient, but its content could be pulled...
