Sermons in “Homilies”
First Sunday in Lent (2021)
On the First Sunday in Lent (2021), the Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista reflects on the brief description of Jesus’s baptism and temptation in the Gospel of Mark (Mark 1:9-15).
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Look to Where We’re Going
The Rev. George Adamik reflects on Jesus’s Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-9) as a story of hope amid suffering and overwhelming challenges.
View SermonAll Things to All People
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista discusses Paul’s surprising claim in 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 that he became all things to all people: “The Apostle Paul invites us into a new world. He invites us to become full-fledged citizens of no man’s land, that place that calls all our allegiances into question so that we might truly learn the ways and customs of another. And in this world that offers us impossible and inflexible choices about who we consider a worthwhile ally or a potential adversary, about who is worth our time and who isn’t, what would it look like for you choose otherwise? To become the kind of person willing to love those you weren’t supposed to love?”
View SermonState of the Parish (2021)
Ahead of the annual parish meeting, the Rev. George Adamik reflects back on a year of virtual services and parish life, and he shares several highlights of creativity, dedication, and growing ministries: “As Bishop Rob Wright says, the church does not close – it adapts. The church has adapted throughout its history… This experience is calling us to open up even wider than before.”
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