ASH WEDNESDAY: February 22, 10:00 AM & 7:00 PM

Death…: March 26, 2023

Published in Matthew Kieswetter, Sermons on March 26, 2023

The Fifth Sunday in Lent: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 I remember one day, as a theological student-in-training and hospital volunteer, being called in to be with someone. My guess was and is that there had been a falling out within the family, and participation in their own (grown) child’s funeral was not going […]

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The 4thSunday in Lent (8:00 a.m.); John 9:1–41

Published in Gerry Mueller, Sermons on March 19, 2023

For most of my time in parish ministry, and even before, I served as a volunteer on-call chaplain in several community hospitals. I can think of no better way of coming face-to-face with human tragedy and the inevitable questions it brings; let’s face it, no one calls for a chaplain in the middle of the […]

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“My muse is not a horse and I am in no horse race…”: February 26, 2023

Published in Matthew Kieswetter, Sermons on February 26, 2023

The First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 It’s been written: “Temptation has a visceral sound.”* (When I think of my adolescence — a time of great involvement in church life — so much of it seems to have been about ‘temptation.’ I mean, when I say “youth group had a lot to do with temptation”… […]

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Ash Wednesday (Evening); Joel 2:1-2,12-17a

Published in Gerry Mueller, Sermons, Uncategorized on February 22, 2023

Many cultures practice tithing, not just Jews and Christians, giving a fraction of each year’s crops and income for holy use. It recognizes that all comes to us from God, and it is appropriate to return something for God’s work. Tithing is not a foreign idea in our Anglican Christianity, even if it is observed […]

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Ash Wednesday (morning); Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Published in Matthew Kieswetter, Sermons on February 22, 2023

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 On Sunday, as some of you will have seen, during Sunday School we had a four year old make these ashes for us, by burning last year’s palm leaves. (Supervised by one adult and one clergyperson.) It was an interesting exercise trying to introduce Lent to a four year old. But […]

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