Sermons from St. Paul's

2009

The First Sunday after Christmas
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Stephen Crippen

Res Miranda
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Repentance: Getting Unstuck
Advent 2: December 6, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Advent I
November 30, 2009

The Rev. Stephen R. Shaver

Thanksgiving
Alissa Newton

Constrained by Love
November 22, 2009

Christ the King
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Sweetheart
November 8, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Happy is the eye that saw all this
November 3, 2009
Commemoration of All Faithful Departed

Stephen Crippen

Baptized, unbound and set free
All Saints, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Becoming Generous
October 25, 2009

Sharon Cumberland

A New Way for the World
October 18, 2009

Andrew Stone

My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me
October 11, 2009

Deacon Richard Buhrer

Where the Wild Things Are
and the Realm of God

October 4, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

What more do we need?
September 27, 2009
St. Michael and All Angels

Fr. Samuel Torvend

Undiscussables and the Kingdom of God
Pentecost 16: September 20, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Mercy to the Argumentative and the Agenda-Driven
September 6, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Christ Jesus: The God of Chaos
and the God Order

August 30, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

August 23, 2009
Catharine Reid

August 9, 2009
Alissa Newton

Speaking the Truth in Love, and Doing It
Pentecost 9 (Proper 13B)
August 2, 2009
Mark Lloyd Taylor

The Dance of our Life of Faith
Pentecost 6, July 12, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

No monopoly on healing
Pentecost 5: July 5, 2009

Fr. Samuel Torvend

Messing about in boats
Pentecost 3, June 21, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

June 14, 2009
Stephen Crippen

Being clothed together in the Holy ThreeTrinity Sunday, June 7, 2009
Fr. Samuel Torvend

Reunion and being who we are
Pentecost 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God as Good Shepherd
May 3, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God's Friends
Easter 6, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Easter 5, 2009
A Membrane of Mercy

Deacon Richard Buhrer

My Lord and My God
The Second Sunday of Easter (Year B)
April 19, 2009

Mark Lloyd Taylor

Fear and Finishing an Unfinished Ending
Easter, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God's Coming With Us
Good Friday, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Maundy Thursday
Fr. Samuel Torvend

Political and Authentically
in the Image of Christ

Palm Sunday, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Learning to Fall
Lent 5: March 29, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Foolisness of the Cross and the Holy Longing
Lent 3: March 15, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Lent 2 Year B
A Cruciform Life

Deacon Richard Buhrer

Enter In
Lent 1, March 1, 2009

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Only Jesus, Only Together
Ash Wednesday

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Life Off the Mountaintop
Last Epiphany: February 22
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

February 15, 2009, 8am
Stephen Crippen

The Kingdom of God has come near
Epiphany 5
, February 8, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Conversion: Many Redirections
Conversion of Paul
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God is still speaking
Epiphany 2, January 18, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Finding One's Self in the Waters of Baptism
January 11, 2009

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Led By Wonder
Feast of the Epiphany
January 6, 2009

Mark Lloyd Taylor

Flight and Return
Christmas 2, Jan. 4, 2009
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

2008

Always in Winter, Christmas
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

An Empty House
Advent 4, December 21, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Prophecy 101
Advent 3 Year B
Deacon Richard Buhrer

The startling good news
Advent 2, December 7, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Plan B
Advent 1, November 30, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Dethroning and Enthroning
The Feast of Christ the King

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Wake Up
November 09, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The High Dive
All Saints

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Embodied Grief, An Embodied God
All Souls

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Lay Homily
October 26, 2008
Kate Rickard

Lay stewardship homily
October 21, 2008
John Sutherland

Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n
October 12, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Blessed Michael, Come to our aid
St. Michael and All Angels, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Held Firmly on a Strong Base
September 21, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Vegetarian or Omnivore?
September 14, 2008
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Getting back on the bus
September 7, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God’s Dream
August 31, 2008

Stephen Crippen

Parting the Mists
August 24, 2008
Deacon Richard Buhrer

St. Mary the Virgin: She is Us
August 17, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Christ Jesus: Intruder, Adversary, Lover and Friend
Pentecost 12: August 3, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Faith Enough to Stay in the Boat
Pentecost 11: August 10, 2008
Mark Lloyd Taylor

Go Inside a Stone
Pentecost 10: July 20, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Parable of the Sower and the Soils
Pentecost 9: July 13, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

A Bearable Lightness of Being
Pentecost 8: July 6, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Peter, Paul...and Mary
The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
June 29, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Letting Go
June 22, 2008
Deacon Richard Buhrer

While we were still weak
June 15, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Go From Your Country and Your Kindred
June 8, 2008

Deacon Richard Buhrer

“What Story Does God’s Name Tell?”
Trinity Sunday (Year A), May 18, 2008
Mark Lloyd Taylor 


For the sport of it and for the renewal of the world
Pentecost: May 11, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

When Everything is on the Line
Easter 7: May 4, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Jesus: God's Living Poem
Easter 5: April 20, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Good Shepherds: Riding the Love and Sacrifice Roller Coaster
Easter 4: April 13, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Road to Emmaus: Shattered Hopes and Broken Bread
Easter 3: April 6, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Holy and Glorious Wounds
Easter 2: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Faith is What Happens After Our World is Shaken
Easter: March 23, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Crosses
Good Friday, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Meals in the Midst of Loss
Maunday Thursday: March 17, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

An Open Heart in the Midst of Unbearable Tension
Palm Sunday: March 17, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Lazarus, Come Out!
Lent 5: March 9, 2008

Deacon Richard Buhrer

Losing Our Sight to Gain It
Lent 4: March 2, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Thirst and the River
Lent 3: February 24, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Born Anew
Lent 2: February 17, 2008

The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Deadlies and Touchstones
Ash Wednesday, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Walking Shoes, Not Mountain Top Dwellings
Last Sunday after the Epiphany
February 3, 2008
Dr. Mark Lloyd Taylor

Sacrifice and Bliss
Epiphany 2: January 20, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Baptism: Submitting to the Grace of God
Baptism of Our Lord: January 13, 2008
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Radiance in Bethlehem—not Jerusalem
The Feast of the Epiphany
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

2007

The Word Became Flesh
The First Sunday After Christmas
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Lower your standards
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Kindness of Strangers
Advent 4: December 23, 2007
Deacon Richard Buhrer

False Messiahs and Hope for the Past
Advent 3: December 16, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Neutral Zone
Advent 2: December 9, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Coming One
Advent 1: December 2, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Feast of Christ the King
(Proper 24) Year C

Deacon Richard Buhrer

Getting to Giving Thanks:
"Letters from a Father"
Thanksgiving Day, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Power of the Powerless
Pentecost 25:
November 18, 2007
Mark Lloyd Taylor

Living the Questions
Pentecost 24:
October 28, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Net
All Saints:
November 4, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Loving in Death
All Souls: November 1, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Lay Homily
Pentecost 21: October 28, 2007
Stephen Crippen

Lay Homily
Pentecost 20: October 21, 2007
Alissa Newton

Gratitude and Belonging
Pentecost 20: October 14, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Faithfulness in Small Things
Pentecost 19:
October 7, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Secret Life of Angels
The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
(transferred)
Sept. 30, 2007
Mark Lloyd Taylor

Forgiveness
Pentecost 17: September 23, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

God's Art of Finding
Pentecost 16: September 16, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Inescapable God
Pentecost 15: September 9, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Worth and Entitlement
Pentecost 14: September 2, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Bent Woman in Luke: Renamed by God and Standing Upright
Pentecost 13: August 26, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Virgin Mary: The Enclosed Garden
Feast of St. Mary the Virgin (transferred)
August 19, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

It’s Not a Nice Story
July 22, 2007: Pentecost 8
Deacon Richard Buhrer

The Parable of the Man Who Fell Among Thieves
July 15, 2007: Pentecost 7
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Seventy and The Failure of Nerve
Pentecost 5
July 8, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Bold Sinners Welcome
Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
July 1, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Creative Silence
Pentecost 4
June 24, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

A Man After God’s Own Heart
Pentecost 3
June 17, 2007
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Regaining Our Voice
Pentecost 2
June 10, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Feast of Pentecost
How Is It That We Hear In Our Own Native Language?
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Oysters, Ballerinas and The Holy Trinity
Trinity Sunday

June 3, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Country of Marriage
Easter 7
and the Blessing of the
Marriage of
Barbara Timms and Daryl Schlick
May 20, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The New Jerusalem
Easter 6
May 13, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Homily for the Requiem Mass of Michael Ramsey-Perez
Michael’s Narrow Way
May 5, 2007

Holy Coincidence and Revelation
Easter 5
May 6, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Lamb is the Shepherd
Easter 4
April 29, 2007
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Night Fishing
Easter 3
April 22, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Relying on the Resurrection
Easter Sunday
April 8, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

If I Could Have Suffered More
Good Friday, 2007
Deacon Richard Buhrer

Jesus Way: Neither Fight Nor Flight
Palm Sunday
April 1, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

What Wondrous Love
Lent 5, 2007
Deacon Richard Buhrer

The Parable of the Loving Father
Lent 4
March 18, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Enemies and wilderness
Lent 3
March 11, 2007
Dr. Mark Lloyd Taylor

Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lent 2
March 4, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Pushing our Buttons
Lent 1
February 28, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Heart of God
Epiphany 6
February 11, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Setting Out into the Deep
Epiphany 4
February 4, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Today
Epiphany 3
January 21, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

The Winnowing of our Lives
Feast of the Baptism of Jesus
January 7, 2007
The Rev. Melissa Skelton

Don Rezek's Requiem
January 9, 2007