Posts by: Bill Joseph
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
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Sermon 9.24.2017
Sermon – September 24, 2017 Face of Christ, St. Michael’s Day Gospel: workers in the vineyard I was away from Maine for three weeks in June. One of the weeks was at a Benedictine monastery, at an icon making workshop. One of the brothers told me this story. A young seminarian was in spiritual formation. …
Sermon- 11th Sunday after Pentecost – August 20, 2017
11th Sunday after Pentecost, Charlottesville and Auburn St. Paul reminds all of us Christians, we were at first outsiders. We are the branch grafted on to the tree- the wild olive shoot, he says, grafted on to the original trunk. We grew and blossomed from the first call to the Jews. Remember the parable of…
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Sermon- July 9, 2017 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost
We could call it addiction, or obsession – or besetting sin: “I do not do what I want; I keep doing the very thing I don’t want… the very thing I hate.” I live with hurtful compulsions. Such unsettling actions surround us. Any child moving from the delights of infancy into the “terrible twos” is…
Sermon by the Rev. Dan Warren – January 29, 2017
Sermon on the MOUNT The setting of today’s gospel is significant. It’s the beginning of the Sermon on the MOUNT. Like Moses to Mt. Sinai, Jesus goes to a high place to be in the presence of God. He goes to bring his people on a new Exodus. The people hadn’t come from the palaces…
Yahya Ismael to speak at next ECW Meeting
Save the date: February 7, at 7:00 ECW is hosting Yahya Ismael. He will be speaking about his culture and experiences followed by a short question and answer period. All are invited to attend. https://mail.twcbc.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Ftclprogram.org%252Fprofile-main%252F468
Living Local – Joining God * Part 2
An invitation from Rev. Canon Michael Ambler: As you know from our meeting last May, Living Local is an adventure into new ways of connecting with our neighbors. Think of it as a trek into unknown territory, supported by expert outfitters, in company with one another and congregations from three partner dioceses. The process started with the gathering…
Living Local ~ Joining God
On May 21st, I attended a Diocesan workshop called Living Local: Joining God. It was held at Christ Church in Gardiner. I wanted to share some of what I learned at this workshop as I feel it is very relevant with where we are as Christians and we as a parish. We were asked to…
John the Baptist arrives with the cry of the hawk
Think of the different cries we hear in the wilderness: the cry of the hawk circling the sky, the murmur of the dove in the grass; a battle cry, a cry of grief; the cry of the warrior, the cry of the lost lover. All are in the passion of Advent. John the Baptist arrives…
No One of Us is Called to be a Christian Alone
No one of us is called to be a Christian alone. That’s why we’re here, saying our prayers together and having communion. We are called together into the Body of Christ. No heroes in this business. Christ opens the way for us to become neighbors, friends; mothers, fathers, sons and daughters privileged to be part…
