by Patricia Templeton | Mar 29, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Amazingly, it was only two weeks ago that we were gathered in person in this space in what I suspected would be our last physical gathering for some time. It seems like a lot longer, doesn’t it? Our Old Testament reading that day was from the...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 22, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Last week in what turns out to have been our last time to physically worship together for who knows how long, I talked about how often the scripture readings for a particular Sunday, in a schedule set decades ago, seem to talk to our current...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 15, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
First this morning, I have to recognize the irony that two out of three of our scripture readings are about living water in the same week that we emptied the baptismal font as a precaution against the coronavirus. Perhaps that...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 8, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Years ago I was interviewing people for a position at the church where I worked. One woman seemed very qualified for the job, and came across as competent, capable, and personable. The interview took an unexpected turn when she asked me a question: “What is your...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 1, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Baptisms are cause for celebration. After almost every baptism there is a special reception at church, often followed by another party at home for family and friends. That was not the case for Jesus. He was baptized by his cousin John at age 30 in...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 23, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Today we come to the end of the season of Epiphany, what is known as the season of light. Epiphany always begins and ends the same way. The first Sunday of the season is always the time we celebrate Jesus’ baptism. And the last Sunday of the season is always the...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 9, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphan,...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 2, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
A number of events collide on the calendar today. My guess is that to most of the country today is first and foremost Super Bowl Sunday, a day when even people who are not football fans find themselves in front of a television,...
