Sermons

Fr Jon’s most recent sermons are below. You can also check out the archive here.

Christmas Eve

Sunday December 6th

Readings: Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8

Sunday November 8th

Readings: Amos 5:18-24 Psalm 70 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13

Sunday November 3rd: All Saints Day

Readings: Revelation 7:9-17 Psalm 34:1-10, 22 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12

Sunday October 25th: Proper 25

Fr Jon on Jesus’ summary of the Law from Matthew’s gospel

Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 Psalm 1 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46

Sunday October 11th, 2020: Proper 23

Readings: Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14

Sunday October 4th, 2020: Proper 22

Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:7-14 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46

Sunday September 27th, Proper 21

Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32 Psalm 25:1-8 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32

Sunday September 20th, Proper 20

Readings: Jonah 3:10-4:11 Psalm 145:1-8 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16

Sunday August 30th, Proper 17

Readings: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm 26:1-8 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28

Sunday August 23rd, Proper 16

Readings: Isaiah 51:1-6 Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20

Sunday August 16th, Proper 15

Readings: Isaiah 56:1,6-8 Psalm 67 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

Sunday August 9th, Proper 14

Readings: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33

Sunday August 2nd, Proper 13

Readings: Isaiah 55:1-5 Psalm 145: 8-9, 15-22 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21

Sunday July 19th, Proper 11

Readings: Isaiah 44:6-8 Psalm 86:11-17 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

Sunday July 12th, Proper 10

Readings: Isaiah 55:10-13 Psalm 65: 9-14 Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

Sunday July 5th, Proper 9

Readings: Zechariah 9:9-12 Psalm 145:8-15 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Read and hear RFK’s full words here

Sunday June 28, Proper 8

Readings: Jeremiah 28:5-9 Psalm 89:1-4,15-18 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42

Text of the sermon here

Sunday June 21st, Proper 7

Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-13 Psalm 69: 8-20 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39

you can read the text here

Sunday June 14th, Proper 6

Readings: Exodus 19:2-8a Psalm 100 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:23)

Sunday May 31st, Pentecost

Readings: Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 7:37-39 Psalm 104:25-35, 37

Sunday May 24th, 7th Sunday of Easter

Readings: Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36

Sunday May 17, 6th Sunday of Easter

On the nature of Christian freedom

Readings: Acts 17:22-31 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 Psalm 66:7-18

Read the text here

Sunday April 19, 2nd Sunday of Easter

You can read the text of my Sunday message here

Readings: Acts 2:14a,22-32 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 Psalm 16

You can also watch the Sunday Briefing for this Sunday

Sunday April 12, Easter Day

My message from our Livestreamed worship

Readings: Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 28:1-10 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

Sunday March 8th

What is Jesus talking about when he says that to see the kingdom of God we must be born from above?

Readings: Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 121

Sunday March 1st

Jesus’ temptations show us the importance of paying attention to the ways we reach for the good goals in our lives.

Readings: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 Psalm 32

Sunday February 24th

Do we only find Jesus on the mountaintop in glory, or is he also in the mundane and ordinary experiences of life?

Readings: Exodus 24:12-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 Psalm 2

Sunday February 16th

God invites us to live as we were created and thrive or follow our own path and wither.

Readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:38-48 Psalm 119:1-8

Sunday February 9th

In telling of salt and light Jesus reminds us that we work best together

Readings: Isaiah 58:1-12 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Matthew 5:13-20 Psalm 112:1-9

Sunday February 2nd

We’re celebrating the Feast of the Presentation and looking for signs of God’s loving action in the world.

Readings: Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Psalm 84

Sunday January 12th

The story of Paul and Cornelius shows us how the Holy Spirit works to free us from our stuck places

Readings: Isaiah 42:1-9 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Psalm 29

Sunday January 5th

We are called to offer ourselves, soul and body, to God’s dream for us

Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 Psalm 84 or 84:1-8

Sunday December 29th

In Jesus we can see and understand the lives God dreams for us

Readings: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147

Sunday December 22nd

The story of Joseph shows the power of generosity to remake the world

Readings:Isaiah 7:10-16 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18

Sunday December 15th

The story of the incarnation show us the power of God’s promises to change the world

Readings: Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 Canticle 15

Sunday December 8th

Where is the joy to be found not just at Christmas, but in our lives?

Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19

Sunday November 24th – Christ the King Sunday

It’s Christ the king, but does the reign of Christ look like what we think it might?

Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Canticle 16 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43

Sunday November 17th

Following Jesus has no passive options

Readings: Isaiah 65:17-25 Canticle 9 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19

Sunday November 10th

Life is filled with tasks and Jesus invites us to turn our penchant for busy-ness into kingdom building to show the world the grace and love of God.

Readings: Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38

Sunday November 3rd – All Saints Sunday

We are surrounded by the love of the saints, big and small, who have shaped our lives and our faith.

Readings: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31