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...

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...

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 daughter-in-law...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lent 5ASt. Dunstan’sMarch 22, 2026The Rev. Patricia Templeton       He calls it “the Dark Time.”  It began on April 17, 1975 – the day the Cambodian government was overthrown by the forces of the Khmer Rouge, led by the revolutionary Pol Pot. On that day,...

Lent 4AMarch 15, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Jesus has just healed a man who has been blind from birth, and instead of rejoicing and marveling at this mighty act, the religious leaders of the day are appalled. For them, the miracle of sight is...

Lent 3AMarch 8, 2026The Rev. Patricia TempletonSt. Dunstan’s Once again, Jesus is breaking the rules. The religious leaders of the day would be horrified if they saw him talking to the Samaritan woman at the well. Certain things were very clear in the culture of...

Lent 1AFebruary 22, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Baptisms are cause for celebration. After almost every baptism there is a special reception here, often followed by another party at home for family and friends. That was not the case for Jesus. He was...

Ash WednesdayFebruary 18, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton I came to church early this morning to prepare for our Ash Wednesday services and to write a sermon. I had something in mind.  But when I went to my office and turned on my computer the first...

Epiphany Last AFebruary 15, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today is the last Sunday of the season of Epiphany. The next time we will be in church is Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Epiphany is known as the season of light. It begins and ends the same...

Epiphany 5AFebruary 8, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton                                             “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,...