by Steve Hedrick | Aug 23, 2017 | Text Sermons
As I was thinking and praying through the text of the gospel lesson and preparing the sermon for this Sunday, two images or thoughts continued to rattle around my mind. One was of a candy machine, and the other came from C.S. Lewis’s book The Lion, the Witch and the...
by Steve Hedrick | Aug 14, 2017 | Text Sermons
Father Brown stopped into Starbucks for a cup of coffee. As he was waiting in line, the person behind him said, “Are you a priest?” “Why, yes,” he said. “I’m the rector of Saint John’s Church right across the street.”...
by Steve Hedrick | Aug 10, 2017 | Text Sermons
As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was sinking fast. He called out, “Anyone here know how to pray?” One man stepped forward. “Aye, Captain, I know how to pray.” “Good,” said the captain, “you pray while the rest...
by Steve Hedrick | Aug 6, 2017 | Text Sermons
In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus used parables to explain many things to His followers. In today’s gospel, taken from the 13th chapter of the gospel according to St. Matthew, Jesus uses several parables to describe the “kingdom...
by Steve Hedrick | Jul 24, 2017 | Text Sermons
One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of the evil that was going on. He decided to send an angel down to Earth to check it out. So he called one of His best angels and sent the angel to Earth for a time. When he returned he told God, “Yes, it’s bad on...