by Patricia Templeton | Jul 5, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The Fourth of JulyJuly 5, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “God is not ashamed to be called their God.” This sentence from our second scripture reading today, a letter to the Hebrews, has been knocking around in my mind all week. That reading, like all...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 28, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 8AJune 28, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Years ago there was a spy movie called The Good Shepherd. It starred Matt Damon as Edward Wilson, a Yale student who was recruited to work in military intelligence during World War Two, and then was...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 21, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 7AJune 21, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Do not think I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a...
by Patricia Templeton | May 10, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 6AMay 10, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton One of the biggest changes that has occurred in this country in the last few decades is the increase in religious diversity. When I was growing up you could safely assume that most people went to church,...
by Patricia Templeton | May 3, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 5AMay 3, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Every three years the Episcopal Church holds a national convention, a time to enact new legislation governing the denomination, and to chart the course of the church for the coming years. Several years ago...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 5, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter SundayApril 5, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Every year on the Tuesday before Easter, the clergy of the Diocese of Atlanta gather at the Cathedral to renew our ordination vows. At that service we are asked this question: “Will you continue...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 3, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Good FridayApril 3, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton A legend about the explorer Marco Polo says that on his famous trek to the Far East he was captured and brought before the feared conqueror Genghis Khan. Afraid for his life, and desperate for some way...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 29, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Palm Sunday AMarch 29, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton I have always loved Palm Sunday. The waving of palm branches and crosses. The ragtag procession into the church. The shouting of hosannas. The once-a-year singing of the hymn, All Glory Laud and...
