Sermons
"Caesar's
or God's?" • March
12, 2004
Audio
Text
"You Are the Body of Christ" • January
25, 2004
Audio
Text
"Bethlehem,
A Birth and a Baby" • December 24, 2003
Audio
Text
"The
Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness" • December
7, 2003
Audio
Text
"The
Ruling Concerns of Your Life" • November 23, 2003
Audio
Text
"Sight
For Sore Eyes" • October 26, 2003
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Text
"God's
Faith in Us" • October 5, 2003
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Text
"Losing
and
Finding Life" • September
21, 2003
Audio
"Extreme Generosity" • September
7, 2003
Audio
Text
"Human
Anachronisms" • August 24, 2003
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Text
"How
To Solve All Your Problems" • June
29, 2003
Text
"Follow
Me" • June
29, 2003
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"Talking
When Times Are Tough" • June 15, 2003
Audio
Text
"Celebrate
What?" • June 1, 2003
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Text
"The
Good Shepherd" • May 11, 2003
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"Easter
Moments" • April
20, 2003
with The Rev. Canon Renée Miller
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Text
"What
Are We to Do? Thoughts on Community,
Compassion and Comfort" • March 23, 2003
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Text
"Pride
and Prayer" • March 16 , 2003
Audio
"The
Sharp Sword With Two Edges" • February 16 , 2003
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Text
"The
Danger of Half-Truths " • February 9 , 2003
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Text
"Calling
Sunday" • January 26, 2003
Audio
Text
"Lesson
Learned from a Stable" • December 24, 2002
Audio
"What
Do You Expect for Christmas?"• December 15,
2002
Audio
"Do
What You Can, Where You Are, With What You Have" • November
24, 2002
Audio
Text
"The
Lord's Prayer-- For the Kingdom..." • November 3, 2002,
with The Rev. Canon Renée Miller, Interim Associate Rector
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"The Lord's Prayer--Give Us Today Our Daily Bread" • October 13
, 2002
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"The Lord's Prayer--Our Father in Heaven" • September
15, 2002
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Text
"God,
Money and You" • September 8, 2002
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Text
"Patriotism
- from a Christian Perspective" • August 18, 2002
Audio
(delivered by the Rev. George Yandell)
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"Have
Patience" • July
21, 2002
Audio
"Not
to the Special People, But to the Ordinary Folks" • July
7, 2002
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Text
"Is
This Good News?" • June 16, 2002
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Text
"Building
on Solid Ground" • June 2, 2002
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Text
"God
Is There" • May 5, 2002
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Text
"The
Importance of Ascension" • April 28 , 2002
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Text
Easter
Sunday, "Knowing God" • March
31, 2002 - 9:00 a.m.
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Text
"Confessions of an Outside Agitator" • March
24, 2002 - 9:00 a.m.
Audio
"In
Pursuit of Peace" • March
17, 2002 - 11:10 a.m.
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"Stop Worrying" • March
10, 2002
Text
"Be
of Good Cheer" • March
3, 2002
Audio
Text
Transfiguration Sunday, "People in a Presence" • February
10, 2002
Audio
Text
"Where Is the Child?" • January
6, 2002
Text
Essays
Where
Do We Go From Here? • December 28, 2003
The
holiday season has become for lots of people more of an
obstacle than
a celebration—something to be endured and survived.
“Drawing Nearer To God” Is
a
Two-way Street • December 21, 2003
Most of us are used to the idea that the Season of Advent is all about preparing
for the arrival of God among us in human form, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
A
Celtic Blessing • May 4, 2003
There's a wonderful little book that was introduced to me by my
wife--she picks up on and shares with me lots of Christian literature
that I wouldn't otherwise know about at all. ...
What
Are You Looking For? • April 13, 2003
My longtime good friend, Paul Rogers, is fond of saying, "If
anyone thinks that money can't buy happiness then they're
shopping
in the wrong store!"
A
Lenten Dream • March 16, 2003
... Distancing or Embracing. Which one is "right?" Is
it Buddha or is it Jesus? ...
What
Are You Waiting For this Advent? • December
1, 2002
The highway was nothing but a huge ten-mile-long parking lot.
Rays of heat were rising off the pavement (along with steamy exhaust
fumes from a few hundred idling truck, car, and SUV engines) adding
immeasurably to the heat and frustration. ...
The
Gospel of Thanks-living • August 25, 2002
"... Is there some distinctive element of Christianity that
is the sole intellectual property of the Christian Church? ...
A
Father's Day Thought • June 16, 2002
Every time Father's Day comes around I certainly think about my
own biological father but my mind always turns quickly to think
of the "Our Father,"...
The
Difference Between Curing and Healing • May 12, 2002
In High School my primary interest and activity was playing basketball.
I had some skill but not as much as many others ...
The
Family of "God" • April 28, 2002
Every once in a while you hear someone jokingly or cynically say,"God
gave us our family but, mercifully, we get to choose our friends!"...
The
Answer is in the Darkness • An Easter Reflection for 2002
A
Far-Fetched Lenten Self-Examination? • March 3,
2002
Every so often--perhaps twice a year--the church service these days
includes a reading of the Ten Commandments. That used to happen
every Sunday, but it's not a liturgical standard any more...
What
is Lent All About? • February 10, 2002
The whole church--Anglican, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant--enters
this week into that annual period of devotional frenzy we call LENT...
An
Eye-Opening Time • January 6, 2002
In a wonderful collection titled, 2000 Years of Prayer, it is recorded
that St. Columba, the sixth century Irish monk and missionary who
founded the Iona community, authored this beautiful prayer...
Brief Insights on Spirituality and
Religion
The
Rev. Dr. Robert R. Hansel
Sermons and Essays
from the Clergy
Touching
Sacred Spaces
