by Misty Bentz | Oct 24, 2021 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
St. Dunstan’s October 24, 2021 When I was a young child, I would go with my mother shopping in downtown San Antonio, where I lived for the first nine years of my life. I remember sometimes seeing someone sitting on the sidewalk holding a cup, asking for a...
by Misty Bentz | Sep 5, 2021 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
Proper 18B Sermon St. Dunstan’s September 5, 2021 A few days ago my wife and I were headed to the University of the South, Sewanee, when I saw a big sign beside the interstate that read: Biden, there is a damn crisis at the...
by Misty Bentz | Jan 31, 2021 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
The Rev. Deborah SilverSt. Dunstan’sJanuary 31, 2021Epiphany 4 There is a car that someone drives around my neighborhood that is covered in bumper stickers. Many of these bumper stickers espouse a liberal cause. Here are some that I especially...
by Misty Bentz | Jan 24, 2021 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
The Rev. Bill DenekeSt. Dunstan’sJanuary 24, 2021Epiphany 3 Both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Gospel tell stories of being called to get up and follow where God is leading. In Mark’s account several fishermen were called to follow Jesus who said I...
by Misty Bentz | Jan 17, 2021 | Sermons, Visting Reverand's Sermons
The Rev. Deborah SilverSt. Dunstan’sJanuary 17, 2021Epiphany 2 May we, like the prophet Samuel, say, “Speak for your servant is listening.” We stand this morning at a strange juncture in time. On one side, we look back ten days ago to the horrific spectacle that...
by Webmastera | Aug 11, 2019 | Visting Reverand's Sermons
By The Rev. Bill Deneke A call to confession and hope belong together in Isaiah’s prophetic vision. Speaking for God, the prophet/poet proclaims God’s distaste for worship that denies the realities of poverty and injustice. God is tired of hearing your songs of...
by Webmastera | Aug 4, 2019 | Visting Reverand's Sermons
by The Rev. Deborah Silver I love mountains. When I was growing up at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California, I could look out of our kitchen window and see Mt. San Antonio or what we affectionately called Mt. Baldy because it had no trees...
by Webmastera | Jun 2, 2019 | Visting Reverand's Sermons
by The Rev. Dr. Deborah Silver I have always loved rocks. My grandson inherited this love of the earth and of rocks. When he was younger, whenever we took my dog Toby for a walk, we’d inevitably come home with hands and pockets full of rocks. If you come to my house,...
