Sermons

If you’ve missed a service at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church or are just curious, you can browse for sermons from previous services in our archive. Pick from the most recent sermons below or view the full archive.

Epiphany 2

“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” Let’s add one more item to that list of essential wedding ingredients: “Something to go wrong.” You could call it “Murphy’s Law: The wedding corollary.” It’s not a bad thing to mention to brides and grooms during premarital counseling. There they are, feeling nervous that everything may […]

Epiphany 1

There’s a blurb from social media that begins like this: “We are all familiar with a herd of cows, a flock of chickens, a school of fish and a gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is a pride of lions, a murder of crows . . . an exaltation of doves and, presumably because […]

Christmas 2

Someone has offered this toast for a New Year for those of us who are getting a few years on us: May your hair, your teeth, your face-lift, your abs, and your stocks not fall; and may your blood pressure, your triglycerides, your cholesterol, your white blood count and your mortgage interest not rise. May […]

Christmas Day

It’s a kid’s book, really, but it’s fascinating. The title is 501 Incredible But True Facts to Amaze You. For example, did you hear about the guy in Virginia who was struck by lightning seven times…and lived? I can’t figure out if that’s good luck or bad luck. Or the fact that a python can […]

Christmas Eve

The red flag on the parking meter was visible, and sure enough, Scott Seomin found a souvenir on his windshield. But it wasn’t a parking ticket from the city of West Hollywood, California. Instead, it was a poem that went like this: The meter was red, as time had expired.In the rush of the season, […]

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