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Easter1

17 days ago 13m 46s

SUNDAY AFTER EASTER Do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Love people who do not deserve it. Ask the questions that have no answers. Practice Resurrection. Subscribe to Podcast feedThis post Easter1 is on the

Easter Sunday – Practice Resurrection

24 days ago 13m 4s

EASTER SUNDAY - PRACTICE RESSURECTION We may be like the disciples, who look on in disbelief at the claim of the empty tomb and the risen, Christ, but we, like they, can change the world if we practice resurrection. Subscribe to Podcas

Maundy Thursday

27 days ago 7m 51s

MAUNDY THURSDAY Reflections on Maundy Thursday and loving one another. Subscribe to Podcast feedThis post Maundy Thursday is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

None Better

1 month ago 7m 15s

NONE BETTER Observing both Palm and Passion Sunday at the same time, reminds us of our limitations, and that those limitations do not stop us from being Jesus's hands and heart in the world. Subscribe to Podcast feedThis post None Bet

What are you looking at?

Mar 10th, 2024 11m 33s

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? On this fourth Sunday of Lent we are urged to look with raw honesty at our sin, and to look with thanksgiving at the abundant mercy and saving power of Almighty God. Subscribe to Podcast feed [...]This post

Freedom To and Freedom From

Mar 4th, 2024 17m 28s

Freedom To and Freedom From The Ten Commandments are the basis of our freedom—our freedom to live lives of depth, purpose, and righteousness. Living such a life requires guidelines and dedication, all freely chosen and practiced through a li

Lent – The Other Kind of Temptation

Feb 25th, 2024 11m 45s

The Other Kind of Temptation Peter's temptation of Jesus at Caesarea Philippi, warning Jesus away from his path to the cross, is the kind of temptation we might meet at any moment in daily life. It can come in the voice of a friend, a teache

Lent – Embracing the Wilderness

Feb 18th, 2024 15m 27s

Embracing the Wilderness Ash Wednesday and Lent bring us again and again to a subject most of us want to avoid: our mortality. But the invitation to a holy Lent should fill us with hope and optimism: we can change, we can have richer relat

Ash Wednesday

Feb 14th, 2024 4m 20s

ASH WEDNESDAY One of the wonderful truths of Ash Wednesday - Dust is not our curse, dust is our blessing. Subscribe to Podcast feedThis post Ash Wednesday is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

Climbing Down the Mountain

Feb 13th, 2024

CLIMBING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN Even harder than making it to the mountain top is following Jesus back into our everyday lives. But we are called to do just that. This year, Transfiguration Sunday falls close to the day we honor blessed Absalom

Epiphany Sunday 3 Sermon

Jan 29th, 2024 19m 18s

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Mar 3rd, 2023 12m 16s

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Mar 3rd, 2023 12m 16s

Walk in Faith

Aug 8th, 2022 12m 16s

Walk in Faith Sermon by Rev Jennifer Oldstone-MooreThis post Walk in Faith is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

Exodus: Facing Your Fears

Aug 24th, 2019 20m 28s

We continue looking at the life of Moses, specifically how he was called by God to face the greatest fear of his life: Pharaoh. In this sermon, Father John explores how Moses overcame his fear, and asks the question - "Why does God ask us to fa

Exodus: Becoming God’s Champions

Aug 12th, 2019 21m 12s

Today we push past Genesis and look at a familiar story at the beginning of the Book of Exodus: Moses' encounter with God in the burning bush. This story asks the fundamental question: How do we see ourselves? Do we view ourselves as weak, limi

Genesis for Today (IX): Birthright

Aug 5th, 2019 16m 23s

What is your birthright as a child of God? Today's story from Genesis invites us to consider that profound question as Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for nothing more than a bowl of stew. In this last installment of our sermon series on the

Genesis for Today (VIII): Laughing at God

Jul 29th, 2019 19m 14s

Have you ever been confronted with an idea or a possibility that seemed outrageous - that you may have even laughed at when it was suggested to you? Today's story from Genesis focuses on Sarah's response to God when it is suggested that she wil

Genesis for Today (VII): Entering Sacred Spaces

Jul 24th, 2019 24m 39s

Today we look at the story of Abram expressing frustration to God, and the strange vision that followed. What we learn from this encounter is that God responds when we are real in prayer. Father John encourages us to talk to God in ways that ar

Genesis for Today (V): When we are Overwhemled

Jul 15th, 2019 19m 1s

The story of Noah and the flood occurs early in Genesis as one of a series of vignettes illustrating the impact of the Fall on humanity and the world. This sermon asks the questions of this text from the perspective of a literary analyst - with

Genesis for Today (VI): The Tower of Twitter

Jul 15th, 2019 19m 53s

Today's sermon explores the meaning of the story of the Tower of Babel. Is God against progress? Why would God interrupt the construction of a city and a tower, dividing and scattering people by confounding their languages? You might be surpris

Genesis for Today (IV): Conflict

Jul 1st, 2019 23m 15s

Immediately after the Fall, the Creation story proceeds to illustrate one of the primary results of a broken fellowship with God: broken relationships with one another. The story of Cain and Abel asks us to consider how we respond to those peop

Genesis for Today (III): Broken

Jun 19th, 2019 23m 23s

What do we make of the final part of the Creation story? It certainly requires us to face a painful truth about ourselves: We are all broken people. But there is hope and grace embedded in this story. In this sermon, Father John looks at the na

Genesis for Today: Sabbath

Jun 3rd, 2019 25m 5s

After God ceased creating in the Genesis account, God entered wholly into the joy of that creation - inviting humankind to do the same, and God called this experience "rest." Later, after the Israelites had learned to survive as slaves for gene