Trinity Sunday – Sermon

Trinity Sunday Year C Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Rev. Mark A. Lafler Happy Trinity Sunday! This is a principal feast day in the Church. And it is the only feast day that derives from a theological understanding… Other feast days...

Easter 6 – Sermon

6 Easter Year C 5/22/2022 Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 5:1-9 Rev. Mark A. Lafler The second half of the Book of Acts reads like a travel journal. Full of stories where St. Paul and his companions travel here and there throughout the...

Easter 5 – Sermon

5 Easter Year C Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 Rev. Mark A. Lafler 5/15/2022 One of the things that I love about this time of year… Eastertide… Is that the lectionary takes us through the book of Acts. Of course, we are reading...

Easter 4 – Sermon

4 Easter Year C Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Rev. Mark A. Lafler In our 23rd Psalm and in our Gospel reading we… The people of God… Are compared to… Being sheep. We are sheep precisely because we are followers of...

Easter 2 – Sermon

2 Easter Year C 4/24/2022 Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 Rev. Mark A. Lafler The second Sunday of Eastertide is always dedicated to the disciple named Thomas. Often referred to as “Doubting Thomas” An unfortunate nickname that has stuck...