Sermons

Proper 27ANovember 8, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton                   I was watching television Tuesday night when I saw a banner that surprised me. “Love Thy Neighbor,” it said.  Those words are familiar to even the most casual adherents of...

Proper 25AOctober 25, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Why are you an Episcopalian? How would you answer if someone asked you that question? Of all the different branches and flavors of Christianity, why did you choose this one? As we are in the midst of...

Proper 24AOctober 18, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today we hear Jesus raise a theological issue that is especially relevant for our times. What is the right relationship between obedience to the state and obedience to God? “Give to the emperor the...

Proper 23AOctober 11, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Last Sunday when we were blessing animals we missed we one of the most important stories of the people of Israel, God giving them the Ten Commandments. The commandments are not just a list of rules;...

Proper 21ASeptember 27, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Jesus said, "A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' He answered, 'I will not,' but later he changed his mind and went. "The father went to the...

Proper 18CSeptember 6, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “The one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” The commandments “are summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of...

Proper 17AAugust 30, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton             Last week’s hero is this week’s goat. In last Sunday's gospel reading, Peter, the first-called of all the disciples, was praised for correctly answering Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that...

Proper 16AAugust 23, 2026St. Dunstan'sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today we heard the story of a defining moment in Jesus’ ministry. He and his disciples are walking on a dusty road north of Palestine. Jesus has been busy in recent days, healing the sick, feeding...

Proper 12AJuly 26, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Harry Potter has been big in our house for decades. Every few years Joseph Henry and I have a Harry Potter movie marathon. And every so often I go back and reread the series about the boy wizard. Recently...

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...