Category: Sermons

Reflections

Hope for the world

Homily on the Feast of the Baptism of JesusSherman Hesselgrave Readings: Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 29, Vaclav Havel on Hope, Matthew3:13-17Photo by Faris Mohammed on Unsplash

Reflections

finding a new route home

Homily on the Feast of the Epiphany 2020 Joanna Manning I know a lot of people in this congregation will be familiar with that popular

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a hole in the wall

Homily for Christmas Eve 2019 Sherman Hesselgrave “Mercy is the dynamite that brings down walls.” “La misericordia es la dinamita que derriba muros.” That is

Reflections

Bear Fruit that Befits Repentance

Sherman Hesselgrave’s homily for Advent 2, December 8, 2019 Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Matthew 3:1-12 Nothing will spike blood pressure quite like hypocrisy.

photo of a coffee mug that says "wake up!"
Reflections

Are You Woke?

It is now the hour to wake from your sleep! That’s the summons from the readings at the beginning of this Advent, as we embark

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Reflections

“how the light gets in”

A homily preached November 17, 2019 by Zach Grant Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light

Climate Justice

Resisting Apocalypse

As I approached this service and read the appointed readings I was struck by the sense of end times captured there. In our present era