Sermons from March 2020
The breath of God
This is the sermon the Rev. Allison Sandlin Liles of St. Stephen’s, Hurst, preached during the online worship service offered by the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 29, 2020, at St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth. ————————- The Rev. Allison Sandlin Liles Lent 4A March 29, 2020 St Luke’s in the Meadow Live Streamed during Covid19 It seems impossible, but Palm Sunday is only one week away. How has Holy Week drawn…
Where is God in all this?
This is the sermon the Rev. Dr. Robert Pace preached at the online worship service at Trinity, Fort Worth, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 29, 2020. It was the first worship service he has led since Ash Wednesday, for soon after that, he became ill with what he thought was the flu. On March 10, he learned that he had tested positive the the coronavirus Covid 19, and was hospitalized with pneumonia. He was finally released from quarantine…
Jesus offers relationship
This is the sermon the Rev. Karen Calafat, rector of St.Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth, preached at the Diocesan Morning Prayer service offered via Facebook Live from St. Luke’s in the Meadow on Sunday, March 22, 2020. ——————- Lent 4A March 22, 2020 The Reverend Karen A. Calafat The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth St. Luke’s in the Meadow Episcopal Church Good Morning! I am glad you tuned in today. There is something powerful about being together even…
Walking to Siloam
This is the sermon the Rev. Bill Stanford, rector of St. Christopher, Fort Worth, preached Sunday, March 22, 2020. —————————— Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent Fr. Bill Stanford March 22, 2020 We are blind right now. Or at least visually impaired when it comes to being able to see what is in store for us. And at first sight, pardon the pun, that seems like a pretty bad thing. Perhaps a better way to put it is that ever-changing…
God keeps us
This is the sermon the Rev. Canon Janet Waggoner preached at the online Morning Prayer service livestreamed via Trinity Episcopal Church’s Facebook Page, as the diocese does church differently in response to the coronavirus crisis. ——————————- The Rev. Canon Janet Waggoner Trinity Episcopal Church – Fort Worth, Texas Sunday, March 15, 2020 Year A – Third Sunday of Lent – Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 I speak to you in the name of the Living God: Holy…
God keeps us, outwardly in our bodies, inwardly in our souls
This is the sermon the Rev. Kevin Johnson of St. Alban’s, Theatre Arlington, preached at the online Eucharist livestreamed via the diocesan Facebook Page on Sunday, March 15, 2020, as the diocese does church differently in response to the coronavirus crisis. ———————– I don’t know about you, but I like control. More specifically I like it when I feel like I have some type of control over my life – what’s going on around me, what’s happening to me, how…