St. Michael and All Angels
We seek to be a light of Christ in the community, where all are welcome to experience God's love and blessings.

Sermons

“Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’” (Lk 10:5) May peace be among us and remain with us. Amen. It seems like whenever we turn on the news lately, we hear of some massacre. And those are just the tragedies that make the news. There are others that don’t make the headlines, though they are no less important, no less painful, and no less tragic. Some are global,

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What’s God been doing in your life lately? Today’s readings were a struggle for me as I tried to come up with a sermon response. I tried and tried to get them to fit together into a sermon that made sense to me as a unit that would inspire us all to action based upon the readings. I kept trying, but I never got there. And then this hit me: Jesus never asked us to worship him. But Jesus

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In just a few short weeks, many of us will stand and sing that we live in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Our patriotic celebrations are just around the corner. But I struggle to say that most of us in our little corner of the world are “free”. People are bound by all kinds of things. Some are bound by fears – fear of dying, fear of flying, fear of illness, fear of

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Did you notice the oddities of today’s readings? A most unusual character steps forth as we listen to the words of scripture — so unusual that no one seems to be able to explain who (or even what) she is — except that she is definitely a she, this woman called “Wisdom”. Some authors note this mysterious figure’s familiar connections with poetry, creation, and God’s own attribute of

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What is the good news of Pentecost? I have no doubt that today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles will take center stage at most pulpits on today’s celebration of Pentecost, but I’d like to diverge from the easy path. Today’s gospel reading from John challenges us to think about how it is that we come to believe. In fact, in this excerpt from the farewell sermon of Jesus, he makes

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