Sermon archive for category: Rev. Lauren Kilbourn

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Well it has been an interesting couple of weeks that we’ve had in the United States of America, hasn’t it? We have seen laws made and laws repealed. In North Carolina we have seen bills passed, bills not passed, protesters arrested, protesters not arrested. In my office I have spoken to people delighted with what is happening in North Carolina and I have spoken with people who are grieving over those same issues…

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Homily, June 23, 2013

Buenos Dias amigos de Cristo. I bring you greetings from Father Tony Rojas and the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry where we were this week. And glad tidings as we celebrate not only this fifth Sunday of Pentecost but the 50th anniversary of the Detroit Freedom March, and also the baptisms of Annabel, Madison, Daniel, and Marley at today’s 9:00 service…

Right before I started Virginia Theological Seminary I was visiting a church in the DC area that will remain unnamed on a Trinity Sunday. Those of you who have heard me preach on special days before have probably noticed that I get a little nerdy around liturgical holidays…

John 17:20-26
Happy Easter! You do know it’s still Easter, right? We’re actually in our seventh and final week, but it’s still Easter time. Next week we will celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. The birthday of the church and the celebration of the Holy Spirit coming in among our midst…

Acts 9:1-20, John 21:1-19
As the rise, celebration, and now relaxation after Holy Week and Easter has come and gone, we in the church are left with this Easter question. What do we do now? What are we to do with this crucified, resurrected Lord? How have our lives been changed by that resurrection? …

Luke 22:14-23:56
I once had a professor of education who said if we wanted to get the point across to our students we must occasionally shake things up a bit. Change things around from the normal routine programs that our students hear and see to something completely different…

John 12:1-8
The season of Lent is a time of Christian reflection set aside for prayer, fasting, and giving. When we as a church participate in the season of Lent, however, the primary goal is not necessarily to spend as much time as possible kneeling or on our faces prostrate…

John 1:1-18
I know that it seems a little crazy, but I think a part of myself has always wanted to be a priest. I used to think that I only wanted to be a youth director, but feeling God’s call to ordination has proved to be a wonderful (and long) process…

This morning at the nine o’clock service 99 of our St. Paul’s children performed our annual Christmas pageant. Sheep, soldiers, angels, and shepherds brought us the message of Christ’s birth. I thought a little about how I would do this as I walked through the halls of our parish buildings this morning…

Mark 10: 46-52
When I went to seminary I had the opportunity to live and work for a time in South Africa. There I met a woman named Sachi. She was someone I met in a church group; she came to the church where I worked. We met in a group that gathered together for support and for prayer…