by Steve Hedrick | Mar 30, 2015 | Text Sermons
In about a half hour’s time we have shouted “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,” hailing Jesus as our King as he enters the Holy City of Jerusalem. We have recalled Jesus’ arrest and his mockery of a trial. And within...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 23, 2015 | Text Sermons
I appear before you clean-shaven. Yes, my month of deep humiliation from losing the chili cook-off to Fr. David is over. It really ended up being an interesting exercise, though. I learned that I am not a very gracious loser, or perhaps better put, you learned that I...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 16, 2015 | Text Sermons
This Sunday is about the halfway point in Lent and you notice the flowers on the altar, and the bit more upbeat music today. Today is known as refreshment or rose Sunday. Its intent is to be a lessening of the Lenten disciplines—to give us a breather as it were. Now I...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 10, 2015 | Text Sermons
O Lord, The house of my soul is narrow; enlarge it that you may enter in. It is ruinous, O repair it! It displeases Your sight. I confess it, I know. But who shall cleanse it, to whom shall I cry but to you? Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord, and spare Your...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 6, 2015 | Text Sermons
In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Most people – maybe all people – are looking for that great escape, trying to find that experience of a lifetime that promises to be “one of a kind” or “out of this...
by Steve Hedrick | Feb 23, 2015 | Text Sermons
Lent is so different from any other part of the Christian Year. That difference is symbolized visually by covering crosses, icons, and paintings, simplifying our worship space, and making it more somber, less festive. Likewise, today we recited the Great Litany, a...
