Text: John 17:20a: “Jesus prayed for his disciples...” This past thursday, the feast of the Ascension, I accepted an invitation to preach downtown at the Church of the Advent in…
Preached at the Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts, on the Feast of the Ascension Text: Ephesians 1:18-19: “so that... you may know what is the hope to which has…
Text: John 14:27b: “I do not give you as the world gives.” I work among a number of researchers. They come from a variety of fields and disciplines. A fairly significant…
Text: John 13:25: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Not so long ago there were signs out on the roads…
Text: Psalm 23:4: "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." This was supposed to be a sermon on a section of…
Within an hour after the attack in Boston on Monday, many out-of-town friends texted or e-mailed to check in. Yes, we were okay. Okay, but desperately sad. Soon enough it…
Text: John 21:6: “He said to them, ‘Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some.’ ” During the season of Easter this year I have…
Of the sixteen years that I’ve been a member here at St. John’s, I’ve served on the Stewardship committee probably a bit more than half. Every year that I prepared…
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:19: “Truly, if our hope in Christ were limited only to this life we should, of all people, be the most to be pitied!” (J.B. Phillips) I just have…