Sermons on Epiphany

The Feast of the Epiphany January 5, 2020 If you want to do yourself a favor, you may just want to this afternoon watch Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas.  You have to go to the PBS website if you want to watch it for free.  She takes the viewer through the 12 Days of Christmas as they would have been in the times of Henry VIII.  At the onset of the program she…

The Feast of the Transfiguration Last Sunday of Epiphany March 3, 2019 Readings Exodus 34:29-35, 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Luke 9:28-36, 37-43a This past Wednesday, my daughter Elizabeth and I went to Providence, Rhode Island, to see one of my family’s favorite bands, Mumford and Sons.  It is actually the second time we have seen Mumford and Sons in a little over 2…

Values Seventh Sunday after Epiphany February 24, 2019 Genesis 45:3-11, 15, Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42, Luke 6:27-38 A couple of weeks ago, in the advice column of the Boston Globe, there was a letter to Miss Conduct. The title of the column was “Advice: A friend tries to get out of paying her share. I’m sick of it. No one in our group wants to confront her.” from Anonymous,…

Feedback Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany February 17, 2019 Luke 6:17-26 As many of you know, I am the dean of the Concord River Deanery, which has about 12 churches and 2 Episcopal Schools in its area. Once a month the deans, there are 12 of us, go into the diocesan headquarters in Boston to talk about what is going on in our deaneries and the diocese.  Right now a…

Affirmation Fifth Sunday of Epiphany February 10, 2019 I need to make a disclaimer at the beginning of my sermon – and that is, if you do not like Tom Brady you might want to stick your fingers in your ears, and repeat over and over again “I can’t hear you, I can’t hear you” for the next 60 seconds. I am not sure if you heard Tom Brady being interviewed this last week on…

The Called and the Chosen Fourth Sunday after Epiphany February 3, 2019 Graceann Ridlon was my sophomore English Teacher.  Miss Ridlon seemed ancient back in 1984 when she taught me.  We did not know very much about Miss Ridlon’s private life.  I think after high school I found out that she was a lifelong spinster who kept horses.  She had a…

The Wedding at Cana Second Sunday after Epiphany January 20, 2019 Isaiah 62:1-5, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 2:1-11 I fell in love with the South in the most peculiar of places: South Woodstock, Vermont. The occasion was one of my best friend’s weddings.  My beautiful friend Gena was marrying the handsome Wallace, who was from a long line of Southern gentlemen from…