by Angela Ward | Apr 13, 2020 | News, Text Sermons, worship
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” The liturgy of Maundy Thursday is one of my...
by Angela Ward | Apr 12, 2020 | Text Sermons
I must admit that the season of Lent, is not my favorite season. However, I do find the Collects we say in the season of Lent to be some of my favorite Collects in the prayer book. I think this means that as I grow in age and wisdom, I will probably grow to like the...
by Angela Ward | Mar 15, 2020 | Text Sermons
Amid enormous uncertainty, and great fear for what is coming next regarding the Corona virus outbreak, it is comforting to hear Jesus speak with the Samaritan woman. He explains to her that the water that is from Jesus, the living water, which we access in baptism,...
by Angela Ward | Mar 12, 2020 | News, Text Sermons
Where were you born? Where are you from? They sound like harmless questions, don’t they—conversation starters. One of my favorite guilty pleasures is watching how people react when I reply to those questions with my southern accent by saying, “I’m from L.A. —lower...
by Angela Ward | Mar 2, 2020 | Text Sermons
Why are we here? What is all of this about? The Bible, the great Tradition of the Church and the Book of Common Prayer have no faith (place zero trust!) in our ability to save ourselves. In the face of the rampant and unchecked “We’re-getting-better-all-the-time-ism”...
by Angela Ward | Mar 2, 2020 | Text Sermons
I bet that everyone here has been on one side or both sides of a conversation that goes something like this, “Mom, Dad, I need a new…” phone, car, dress. It can be anything. In my house, on a nightly basis, the need I am asked about is the need to have dessert after...
