Hard to Hear

August 15, 2016
Preacher: Mark Edington Text:  Isaiah 5:3: “And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.” We have some hard sayings to hear this morning. We…

The Trouble of Treasure

August 15, 2016
Preacher: Mark Edington Text: Luke 12:34: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also..” You may have seen the news item this past week about a plane that…

Charting the Path

July 31, 2016
Preacher: Mark Edington Text: Ps. 107:7: “He put their feet on a straight path, to go to a city where they might dwell.” Since the last time I stood in this…

The Gentle Fr. Hamel

July 30, 2016
When the news broke of the horrific murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel at the altar of his church in St.-Étienne-du-Rouvray, the lives—and the deaths—of two other priests came immediately to…
Preacher: Mark Edington Text: Luke 24:5b: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" Terrible things have happened to these women—Mary, and Joanna, and Mary Magdalene. They had…

The Wisdom of Crowds

March 20, 2016
Preacher: Mark Edington About ten years ago James Surowiecki published a book called The Wisdom of Crowds. The idea of the book was to make the case that under some…

Doctrine and Doing

March 20, 2016
Preacher: Mark Edington Text: John 12:5: “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” You will forgive me if I begin…

Gain and Loss

March 6, 2016
Preacher: Mark Edington Just about the first lesson a seminarian learns in the first class on preaching is the mistake in the name of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.…