by Angela Ward | Dec 5, 2019 | Text Sermons
When I was in about the seventh or eighth grade, my parents let me host a sleepover. But this was no ordinary sleepover. Before the sleepover, I begged and begged (“I ain’t too proud to beg,” as the Temptations put it!) so that we could stay up all night for the...
by Angela Ward | Nov 30, 2019 | Text Sermons
The concept of a king is, I think, foreign to most of us today. Even the countries that still have royalty are not ruled by their royals. In the days of kings and queens, those who lived under the rule of the royals were subject to them. If you lived under an...
by Angela Ward | Nov 18, 2019 | News, Text Sermons
In Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Fanny Price makes a chilling declaration: “If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory.” “The memory,” she says, “is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient; at...
by Angela Ward | Nov 15, 2019 | Text Sermons
I think this is the only time you will hear me say this; I am entirely unqualified to be preaching this Sunday. Today we honor the Veterans who have served this great nation and the veterans who have served the allies of this great nation. I never served our country...
by Angela Ward | Nov 4, 2019 | Text Sermons
Who are the real heroes in today’s world? Sports figures? Actors? Political figures? CEOs of large corporations, innovators, firefighters? What is a hero? The dictionary defines a hero as a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities,...
by Angela Ward | Oct 28, 2019 | Text Sermons
We’ve come to that time again when we’re asking for your pledges for the coming year so that we know how to budget for next year. This is the last time I will be delivering the annual stewardship sermon as your rector. And so, it’s my last opportunity to talk about...
