"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh Lord."

Sermons

Sheer Silence

Proper 7CJune 22, 2025St. Dunstan'sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton I had a sermon all ready for today. Here it is. But when I woke up this morning I realized that this sermon didn't really fit what I am thinking and how I am feeling today. So I made a page of notes (you...

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Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday CJune 15, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton   “Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” For much of the church year, we begin our worship service with those words, as Christians have done since the first century. Today is Trinity...

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A Dangerous Moment

Pentecost CJune 8, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It’s a dangerous moment for Christianity. The disciple are gathered together in a locked room. It’s a familiar place to them. They locked themselves away from the world after Jesus’ arrest and...

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Surprised by the Spirit

Easter 5CMay 18, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is the very first church controversy, and like the hundreds, if not thousands, since then, it threatens to tear apart the body of the faithful. The controversy is ancient, but its content could be pulled...

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Smelling Like Sheep

Easter 4CMay 11, 2025St. Dunstan'sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today is the fourth Sunday of the Easter season, a day that is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Every year on this Sunday the prayers and scripture readings reference shepherds and their flocks. We see that...

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The Triangular Jesus

Easter 3CMay 4, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Every Sunday one of the most dramatic moments of the Eucharist is the breaking of the bread. The loaf of bread is held up and broken, a symbol of Christ’s body broken for us.  For a long time here at...

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The Crucifying Continues

Good FridayApril 18, 2025St. Dunstan'sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" This opening line of the 22nd psalm is one of the most plaintive cries in scripture. It's a cry of agony, despair, and abandonment. It is the cry of Jesus as...

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The Stones Cry Out

Palm Sunday CSt. Dunstan’sApril 13, 2025The Rev. Patricia Templeton We entered church today at one of the highpoints of Jesus’ ministry – his entry into Jerusalem. Jesus is at long last coming into the city that is the political and religious center of life in his...

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The Other Son

“There was a man who had two sons.”  Thus begins what is probably the best known of all of Jesus’ stories, usually known as the parable of the prodigal son. This tale of the son who takes his inheritance, squanders it, then comes home to be greeted with joy by...

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