by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Jan 9, 2022 | Archives, Sermons - English
010922 Baptism of Jesus A Baptism of Belovedness, Wind, and Fire Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Ever since visiting a group of refugees in a remote village in Peru, I’ve been fascinated by John’s words about wheat and chaff to describe Jesus’ baptism: His...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Jan 2, 2022 | Archivos, Sermons - Spanish
010222 Navidad 2 Enfrentando el Futuro con los Ojos del Corazón Abiertos Efesios 1:3-14; Mateo 2:13-15, 19-23 Cuando yo trabajaba con comunidades marginales en México, las invitamos a imaginar cómo querían que fueran sus comunidades en el futuro. Por los...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Jan 2, 2022 | Archives, Sermons - English
010222 Christmas 2 Facing the Future with the Eyes of Our Heart Open Ephesians 1:3-14; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 When I was working with marginal communities in Mexico to transform themselves, we used to invite them to imagine what they wanted their communities...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Dec 24, 2021 | Archives, Sermons - English
122421 Christmas Eve Both Sides Now The sermon begins at minute Isaiah (62:6-12); Psalm 96; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:8-20 The other night I tuned in to the Kennedy Center Honorees Gala on TV just as Brittany Howard and Herbie Hancock were singing Joni Mitchell’s...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Dec 5, 2021 | Archives, Sermons - English
120521 Advent 2 The Fire we Expect and the Fire we Get The sermon begins at minute 21:15 of the video Mal.3:1-4; Phil. 1:3-11: Luke 3:1-6 What do we expect from God? Malachi’s prophecy that God’s messenger would come like a refiner’s fire wouldn’t surprise...
