• Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: Job 38:1-7 & 34-41, Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c, Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 10:35-45 Sermon There’s a word that we love to use as though it had some sort of impact […]

• Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: Job 23:1-9 & 16-17, Psalm 22:1-15, Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 10:17-31 Sermon Our scriptures today explore a hard truth about faith: it’s our faith that makes both god and idol. […]

• Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22, Psalm 124, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:38-50 Sermon Much has been happening in the community of St. Stephen’s, not the least of which involves a special […]

• Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: Jeremiah 11:18-20, Psalm 1, James 3:13 – 4:3, 7-8a, Mark 9:30-37 Sermon Pastor Will wrote this sermon to be read today. He sends his greetings from Newport, Rhode Island, […]

• Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: 1 Kings 2:10-12 & 3:3-14, Psalm 111, Ephesians 5:15-20, John 6:51-58 CHILDREN’S MEDITATION “The Pastor and the Shoemaker“ Many years ago, in a town called Wittenberg, there lived a […]

• Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33, Psalm 130, Ephesians 4:25-5:2, John 6:35, 41-51 I’d like you to speak the beginning of a prayer with me. You know it by heart. […]

• Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a, Psalm 89:20-37, Ephesians 2:11-22, Mark 6:30-44 The best advice I’ve ever heard about preaching the Gospel of Mark is this: have a lot of caffeine first. […]

• Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

  Scriptures: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19, Psalm 24, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:14-29 Anyone who picks up a copy of The Holy Bible and says, “There’s nothing in here for me,” clearly […]

• Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (sermon text)

  Scriptures: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Psalm 48, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13 When I was younger, I thought that I knew how to fold my own clothes. Then I joined […]

• Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (sermon text)

  Scriptures: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15, Mark 5:21-43 Sermon text: The English author, John Milton, began to lose his eyesight at a young age, and by […]