Sermon preached on August 5, 2012, at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Reverend Penelope Bridges, with help from "voices" Joe Reynolds, Lyn Beer, Graham Marsden, and Sharon Nachman. Sermon is intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.
What Easter announces is that we live in a world where God raises the dead. The new creation inaugurated in Christ's very body opens wide a vista for human hope and wholeness.
Sermon preached by the Rev. Benson Shelton at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on Fifth Sunday in Lent April 6, 2014.Texts are John 11:1-45; Romans 8:6-11. Quote taken from Robert Farrar Capon's "The Foolishness of Preaching."
Sermon preached by the Rev. Benson Shelton at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on Third Sunday of Lent March 23, 2014.Texts are John 4:5-42; Romans 5:1-11. Quote taken from Chapter 11 of "Bono on Bono: Conversations with Michka Assayas" (2005).
Sermon preached by the Rev. Benson Shelton at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on 7 Epiphany February 23, 2014.Text is Matthew 5:38-48; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23.
Sermon preached by the Rev. Benson Shelton at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on 5 Epiphany February 9, 2014.Text is Matthew 5:13-20. Direct quotations are from The Guardian, "Have you ever told a family member what a disappointment they are?" (Nov. 19,2012);"Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life" by Paul F.M. Zahl; and, "One Way Love" by Tullian Tchividjian.
Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on Sunday January 19, 2014, by the Rev. Claire Wimbush. Gospel is John 1:29-42. Sermon is intellectual property of Claire Wimbush.
Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on January 12, 2014, the Baptism of Christ, by the Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 3. Sermon is intellectual property of Penelope Bridges, other than quotations from the Book of Common Prayer.
Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on January 5, 2014, by the Rev. Bill Myers. Gospel is Luke 2:41-52. Sermon is intellectual property of William Myers.