Sermon archive for category: Rev. Lauren Kilbourn

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…