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Sermon archive for category: Rev. Carr Holland

Sermons by Rev. Carr Holland

Christmas from above

Christmas from above

December 26, 2021 Rev. Carr Holland
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The Abiding Work of Christmas

The Abiding Work of Christmas

January 3, 2021 Rev. Carr Holland

On the Second Sunday after Christmas, the Rev. Carr Holland discusses the dreams of Joseph and the Magi and the revealed counterpoint of evil and suffering in the Christmas story, which is just as messy and complicated as our own contemporary world (Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23).

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Clay in the Potter’s Hand

Clay in the Potter’s Hand

November 29, 2020 Rev. Carr Holland

On the First Sunday of Advent, the Rev. Carr Holland reflects on the beginning of a new year in the Church calendar and what it means to seek after God in a difficult, disorienting time (Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37).

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Our Shepherd in Uncertain Times

Our Shepherd in Uncertain Times

May 3, 2020 Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland reflects on the metaphor of the shepherd in Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10 and what it means to inhabit the uncertain, liminal time of COVID-19.

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Christmas (2019)

Christmas (2019)

December 25, 2019 Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland returns to visit with us on Christmas: “Christmas is all about care, hopefully waiting for another chance to be born. Care that comes from beyond power and waits for us in the inner chamber of our hearts and minds.”

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The End of Our Time

The End of Our Time

December 1, 2019 Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland returns to St. Paul’s Cary on the First Sunday of Advent. Father Carr shares his thoughts on growing older and the vision of God’s judgment offered in Matthew 24:36-44.

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Peace Be With You

Peace Be With You

April 28, 2019 Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland reflects on John 20:19-31 and his own father’s death: “Some years ago when my father died, there were many things that had to be tended… Death is hard, because it impacts far more than the one who dies. It alters the course of life for many.”

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Good Friday 2019

Good Friday 2019

April 19, 2019 Rev. Carr Holland

John 18:1-19:42
No moment in Jesus’ life stands alone. For Jesus is of God and his life flowed from the core of God, from the constant love that God holds out towards all of humankind….

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Tragedy and the Fig Tree

Tragedy and the Fig Tree

March 24, 2019 Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland meditates on tragedy and Jesus’s parable of the fig tree in Luke 13:1-9: “Life can be so fragile, and we don’t notice it most of the time. Jesus indicates life’s fragility and demands an urgency on our part. That urgency shows that life itself has carved out opportunity for us to seize hold God’s graciousness, to yield to it, and to grow.”

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A Meaningful Life

A Meaningful Life

February 17, 2019 Rev. Carr Holland

The Rev. Carr Holland meditates on the Beatitudes (Luke 6:17-26), vulnerability, and living a meaningful life: “At Yale, there is currently a course for which there are only 60 slots annually but about 250 applicants. It came about because of a realization in the divinity school that a key question of liberal arts education was missing: what makes for a meaningful life?”

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