The warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. “Care for it or it will be cut down! Seek the Lord while he is near!” God invites us to return and to grow so that we might live. This is the Lenten journey and the good news for all of us. Thanks […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Second Lent Midweek Service
The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Second Sunday in Lent
God is loving and faithful, reckoning Abraham’s faith as righteousness. We are encouraged to see ourselves in the stars of heaven, for our citizenship is indeed in heaven. As humanity continues to struggle with participating in and belonging to the nations of this world, today’s readings encourage us to see our common humanity as sisters […]
View the Sermon (PDF)First Lent Midweek Service
The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
First Sunday in Lent
These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues, to receive the gifts of God’s grace, to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love in Jesus, and to resist temptation at every turn. This is no […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday, we begin a forty-day journey toward Easter with Christians around the world. Today is a day of fasting, repentance, and the imposition of ashes, reminding us that we will all die and return to the earth. As a fitting repentance, Joel reminds us, “rend your hearts, and not your garments.” We are […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Transfiguration of Our Lord
Jesus’ appearance was changed on the mountain as he prayed, and the disciples heard a voice saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” Jesus’ transfiguration began in prayer as he was revealed as God’s Chosen Son. May we also be open, as Paul writes, to “being transformed into the same image” as […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
On this holy night, Christians around the entire globe gather and sing praises in every language to God’s Son, Jesus. Isaiah declares that light has shined on all people, light that illumines our darkness, and Paul declares that the grace of God has appeared in Christ Jesus, bringing salvation to all people. We gather tonight […]
View the Sermon (PDF)3rd Sunday of Advent Lessons & Carols
Sunday’s “Service of Lessons and Carols” (see the “Music Notes” on page 10 of the bulletin, available under the Resources menu on the website) is a St. Mark’s tradition that reaches back into 19th century England with the singing of carols and the reading of lessons preparing us for the season of Christmas. During today’s […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Christ the King – Baptism
Christ the King is the last Sunday after Pentecost and marks the end of the church year. On this Sunday we meditate on the fullness of Christ Jesus as the Anointed One, the Messiah, who reigns as King over all creation, the cosmos and time. He is revealed through his Word of truth made manifest […]
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