Sermons from January 2010

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton January 31, 2010 Read: Luke:21-30 & 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Today we hear that well-known piece of the scripture where Jesus says that “no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown.” We understand that on a surface level, but there is so much more going in this story. Jesus had just read from the book of Isaiah and is giving us the pronouncement that today that scripture has been fulfilled. The Isaiah reading proclaimed good…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton January 24, 2010 Read: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a “I would have made a good evangelist,” said Sally to Linus. “You know that kid who sits behind me at school? I convinced him that my religion is better than his religion.” “How’d you do that?” asked Linus. “I hit him with my lunch box.” Somewhere inside all of us there is a longing to hit each other with our lunch boxes. We tend to shy away…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton January 10, 2010 Read: Isaiah 43:1-7 and Luke 3:5-17 21-22 I don’t know where to begin with today’s scripture readings. Today we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord. Jesus went to be baptized by John the Baptist. And after he and the crowd were baptized he prayed, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven saying, “You are my…

By The Very Rev. Sherry Crompton January 3, 2010 – Epiphany Read: Matthew 2:1-12 We are celebrating Epiphany today because it is a church holiday that is rich in meaning. Epiphany is actually January 6th – marking the 12th day after Christmas. In many parts of the world, Epiphany is a bigger holiday than Christmas, with rituals of gift giving tied to treasure-bearing wise men instead of a jolly fat man in a red suit. In some places, children leave…