by Patricia Templeton | Jun 25, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
There’s a funny thing about history. It changes depending on who is telling it. For many years, history textbooks told the story of this country’s past from the viewpoint of white men. Stories of women, Native Americans, African Americans, and other minorities were...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 18, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
I was talking to a friend a few days ago, who commented that she had heard people talking about the three-day holiday weekend. “When did Fathers’ Day become a national holiday?’ she asked. Well, today is Fathers’ Day, and we give thanks for all...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 11, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
A few years ago I visited a friend in Wilmington, Delaware, and preached at her church, Trinity Parish. The more than 100-year-old church was once one of the predominant features of the downtown Wilmington landscape. But now its spires are dwarfed by the immense...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 4, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The pattern is the same every year. We celebrate Easter and God’s victory over death in the resurrection of Jesus, the son of God. Then 50 days later we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples at Pentecost. And then the next Sunday, before we launch...
by Patricia Templeton | May 28, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
John Howard Griffin was 16 when he left his home in a small south Georgia town to study in France in the years before World War II. Once there, he joined the French Underground and began helping to smuggle Jewish people out of Germany, putting them on boats to safety...
by Patricia Templeton | May 21, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
In Sunday School this spring we are viewing a video series called Living the Questions that explores what it means to be a progressive Christian, how and what we believe. Last week, the discussion centered around how we interpret scripture, including how a story may...
by Patricia Templeton | May 14, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?” We hear that question asked in our second reading today. It’s a rhetorical question, and at first hearing sounds a bit naive. We all know that doing the right or the good thing is no guarantee against being...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 30, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.” I have been preaching for almost three decades now, and in all those years I have never preached on this...
