July 27, 2025 - The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

Be with us, Lord Jesus, for if you are with us nothing else matters; and if you are not with us, nothing else matters. Amen.

If you’re our guest at St. Luke’s this morning, perhaps because you felt drawn here or because you are here as a part of the Music & Arts Camp from this past week, welcome. This is an interesting time at St. Luke’s because I’ve recently announced that I’m leaving to serve a church in Colorado Springs. So, this sermon isn’t quite a standard one due to this context.

July 20, 2025 - The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

Be with us, Lord Jesus, for if you are with us, nothing else matters; and if you are not with us, nothing else matters. Amen.

Understandably, I’ve been thinking about this beloved parish a lot in the past week. As I’m writing letters of introduction for a new congregation and diocese, I’ve been thinking about how to describe this amazing and wonderful place that I will be coming from. I can’t say it enough, so I’ll say it now – it has been the joy and honor of my lifetime to serve as your Rector for these past 11 years. We will forever cherish this place and each of you. And so, I’ve been thinking about the things that I’m proudest of that we’ve done together. And near the top of that list is our icon project. I promise that I won’t take them on my way out, but I’d be lying if I said that I’m not tempted to.

July 6, 2025 - The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

Lord Jesus, thank you for the gift of relief. Amen.

These days, we’re all looking for relief of one sort of another. Maybe it’s relief from aches and pains, perhaps from bills and interest piling up on your credit card statement, it could be from anxiety that you’re carrying related to work, school, children, or parents. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re weary of all that’s in the news: war, bitterness, buffoonery. Whatever it is, we are living in an exhausting and bewildering time – and we’re all searching for relief.