Sermons
Clicking the links below will send you to sermons hosted on wherethewind.com, the website of our rector, the Rev. Adam Thomas. Here’s a quick prayer to pray in preparation for listening to or reading a sermon.
Gracious God, help me to be open to an encounter with your living Word through the words of the preacher. Make me attentive to the moment in the sermon that is about me, and grant me the grace to live each day of my life attentive to your Word speaking to me in myriad ways. In the name of that Word, your Son Jesus Christ, I pray.
Amen.
You can view the Rev. Gary Sturni’s sermon on our YouTube channel. (We apologize for the missing audio during the first portion of the sermon!)
This sermon discusses the importance of storytelling and the impact of framing stories, emphasizing the need to share personal narratives to foster community and justice.
This sermon explores the portrayal of Apostle Thomas as a doubter, emphasizing his deep faith, convictions, and questions. It challenges the notion that doubt is the enemy of belief and asserts that doubt is essential for faith to thrive. The message encourages embracing doubt as part of belief and finding support in a community to…
An Easter sermon about six words Jesus says to Mary Magdalene: "Do not hold on to me."
Right now, at this moment of today’s service, we stand halfway between one reading from the Gospel and another. We have already read the story of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. At the end of the service, we will…
Jesus, facing his imminent death, welcomes Greeks as a sign of his mission's magnitude. Despite his troubled soul, he embraces suffering for his followers' sake. We, too, need strength to endure challenging but meaningful situations, trusting God's sustaining presence.
This sermon explores the significance of John 3:17 and the concept of light and darkness in the Gospel of John. It emphasizes the choice between contributing to the brokenness of the world or participating in its healing. Walking in the light involves inviting God into decisions through awareness, practice, and reflection, leading to lives of…
A sermon about the destructive so-called "wisdom of the world" and the life-giving "foolishness" of God.
A sermon about perceived unworthiness and how it interferes with our acceptance of the grace and love of God.
A sermon about Mark's use of the term "good news" and what it means for our witness as faithful followers of Jesus in the public square.
A sermon about changing our perspective so we can participate in God's providential movement through Creation.
A sermon about the spiritual life, which we walk, not in a line, but in a spiral.
A sermon upon the occasion of our tenth annual meeting together as pastor and parish, including seven memories of thanksgiving.
We spend our lives of faith walking the roads to Tarshish and Nineveh. God beckons us to walk the latter road and helps us turn around when we're walking the former.
A sermon about listening for a call from God, using my own story of discernment in conversation with Samuel's call during his restless night on the floor of the temple of the Lord.
A sermon about several ways we engage with the Holy Spirit in our lives.
The reading we just heard from the Gospel According to Luke is one of my absolute favorite passages in the Gospel. I find the character of Mary so utterly compelling, so much a model for our inspiration. She only shows up a handful of times in the story, so let’s take this opportunity today to talk about Mary and about how her interaction with Gabriel sheds light on our lives…
A sermon about peace. Blessings to you on this feast of the Nativity.
Yesterday, we had our Christmas Pageant at St. Mark's. We performed an updated version of the pageant I wrote in 2017, and it was a blast! Watch the video if you can.
St. Mark’s welcomes a guest this morning: The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas.
A sermon about practicing our awareness of God's presence, with help from the examples of Mary and Joseph.
A sermon about images of Christ, moving from an imperial sovereign to a shepherding savior.
Bishop Laura Ahrens joins St. Mark’s for a special day of confirmations and receptions.
A sermon about a vision of a better world, as imagined by Revelation and the Beatitudes. Also, Star Trek.
Earlier this year, I preached a out wht we mean when we say “God.” This one’s similar; it’s about what we mean when we say “love.”
Flipping the commandments into positive statements helps us to live them out in our daily lives.
A sermon about the concepts of fairness, justice, and equity, inspired by the parable of the vineyard owner and workers in the vineyard.