Sermons from St. Paul's

Recent Sermons

The Gift of a Name
The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ

January 1, 2012
Mark Lloyd Taylor, Ph.D.

Giving Speech to Speechless Joy
Christmas, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

What if God asks the unreasonable of us?
Advent IV
December 18, 2011
Fr. Samuel Torvend
Associate for Adult Formation

Gaudete
Advent 3 2011

December 11, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Facing “Regrettables"
Advent 2: December 4, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Old lady chic and Goth Mohawks in the kingdom of Christ
Christ the King

November 20, 2011
Fr. Samuel Torvend

The troubling practice of
sharing food and drink

Pentecost 17
October 9, 2011
Fr. Samuel Torvend

The Feast of All Saints: Becoming Christ
All Saints, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Feast of Rich Foods and Well-Aged Wines
All Souls
November 2, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

A Beginner with No Entitlements
Pentecost 20
October 30, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Carried by Others, Buried in God
Pentecost 19

October 23, 2011
Mark Lloyd Taylor, Ph.D.

Seeing Only the Backside of God
Pentecost 18
October 16, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Requiem Mass for Father Ralph Carskadden
October 15, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

September 18, 2011
Proper 20A
The Rev. Jay Rozendaal

9/11: Where was God?
September 11, 2011
Pentecost 13
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Turning Aside
August 28, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The way up is the way down
The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin
August 14, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

What we offer is enough
July 31, 2011

Pentecost 7
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Leaven
July 24, 2011

Pentecost 6
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Parable of the Sower or the Soils?
July 10, 2011
Pentecost 4
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Freedom from what and for what?
July 3, 2011
Pentecost 3
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Sts Peter and Paul [transferred]
June 26, 2011
The Rev. Mary Jane Francis

Judea and Galilee
Trinity Sunday
June 19, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Seeds of Pentecost
Pentecost, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God in Displacement: Christian Practice and Openness to an Unknown God
Easter 6
May 29, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

In a time of pestilence, a work of beauty
Easter 4
May 22, 2011
Fr. Samuel Torvend

Emmaus: Meeting God On the Road
Easter 3
May 8, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Hard to Miss the Risen Christ
Second Sunday of Easter (Year A)

May 1, 2011
Mark Lloyd Taylor

The Easter Story:
Shaking, Unsealing and Sending

Easter 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Why seek wisdom in what appears to be failure?
Good Friday 2011
Fr. Samuel Torvend

The Silence and Suffering of Christ
Palm Sunday 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

When does eternal life begin?
April 10, 2011

Lent V
Fr. Samuel Torvend

New Eyes
Lent 4
April 3, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Temptations and Tuning
The First Sunday of Lent
March 13, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Starting with Small Things
March 5, 2011

Liturgy and Creation workshop
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

This, I Believe
Ash Wednesday 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

February 27, 2011
Epiphany VIII
Matthew 6:24-34
Fr. Samuel Torvend

Non-violent activism: keeping the voice down and the head up
Epiphany 7, Year A
February 20, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Boasting and God’s Foolish Love
Epiphany 4
January 30 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

What have I done?”
The Conversion of St. Paul
January 23, 2011
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

“Look, Don’t Eat!”
Epiphany 2 (Year A)

January 16, 2011
Mark Lloyd Taylor

Epiphany 2011
Alissa Newton

Voices from the dark: Do not be afraid
Advent 4
December 19, 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Repentance: Letting ourselves out of jail
Advent 2

December 5, 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Waiting
Advent 1
November 28, 2010
Bishop Cabell Tennis

All Saints: Loving the Right Things
Nov. 7, 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Singing a One-Note Song:
Singing a New Song

October 17, 2010
Pentecost 21
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

 

Lay Homilies by St. Paul's Parishioners
Andrew Stone
Sharon Cumberland
Kate Rickard
John Sutherland
Stephen Crippen
Gretchen Donart
Ellen Hill
John Gordon Hill
Alissa Newton
Tess Orozco
Debra Sequeira

Is being merciful a character defect?
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Pentecost 20
Luke 17:11-19
Fr. Samuel Torvend

Sunday, October 3, 2010
Francis of Assisi, Friar

The Rev. Stephen R. Shaver

The Holy is closer than you think.
The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels

Sept. 26 , 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Business School and the Divinity School: the Parable of the Unjust Manager
September 19, 2010

Pentecost 17
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

(Never) Lost and Found
September 12, 2010

Pentecost 16
Mark Lloyd Taylor

She yearned for a different house September 5, 2010
Pentecost 15
The Rev. Samuel Torvend

Dancing with the Queen of Sheba
August 29, 2010

Stephen Crippen

Stand up straight!
August 22, 2010

Pentecost 13
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The beauty of the unbeautiful
St. Mary the Virgin, 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Preparing for the Realm of God
August 8, 2010
Pentecost 11
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

A grasping or an open hand?
August 1, 2010
Pentecost 10
Fr. Samuel Torvend

Ask, Search…Knock
July 25, 2010
Pentecost 9
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The One Thing
July 18, 2010
Pentecost 8
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Are you ready to impeach the bum?
Pentecost VII
July 11, 2010

Fr. Samuel Torvend

Traveling Light
July 4, 2010

Pentecost 9
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Why do they act so differently?
Saint Peter and Saint Paul (transf.)

June 27, 2010
Fr. Samuel Torvend
Associate to the Rector for Adult Formation

The Amplitude of God
June 20, 2010
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Sons Restored: Life Giving Birth to Life and Our Cry for a Savior
Second Sunday after Pentecost
June 6, 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Trinity-Wisdom
Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2010

Mark Lloyd Taylor

Called by a leper to live in the resurrection
Easter 6: May 9, 2010

Fr. Samuel Torvend

Love one another: Jesus and the Work of Robert Sapolsky
Easter 4

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

No one can snatch them out of my hand
Easter 4, 5:00 p.m. Mass

Stephen Crippen

Easter 3
The Rev. Stephen Shaver

Are we called to love the enemy?
Easter 2

Fr. Samuel Torvend

Why do you look for the living
among the dead?

Easter Day, 5:00 p.m.

Stephen Crippen

Not a human "therefore," rather a divine "nevertheless"
Easter Morning

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Splendor Burning in the Heart of Things
Palm Sunday, 2010

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Crazy Love
Lent V
March 21, 2010

Stephen Crippen

Hide not your face from me
Lent II
Fr. Samuel Torvend,
Associate to the Rector for Adult Formation

Pacts with the Devil
Lent 1

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

In a dark time the eye begins to see
Ash Wednesday, 2010
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

A tale of woe suffused with wondrous light
Epiphany V, February 14, 2010
Fr. Samuel Torvend
Associate for Adult Formation

Epiphany 4
Jan 31, 2010

The Rev. Stephen Shaver

Carravagio's "Conversions":
Turbulence and Vocation

The Feast of the Conversion of Paul
January 24, 2010

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Life-giving Wine Poured Out in Cana,
Port-au-Prince, and Seattle

January 17, 2010

Epiphany 2
Father Samuel Torvend

Will the water be warm or cold?
January 10, 2010
The Baptism of Jesus
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Playing Christmas Out
Feast of the Epiphany

January 6, 2010
Mark Lloyd Taylor