Straighten Up and Raise Your Heads St. Luke 21:20-35 by William Klock Our Gospel lesson today sounds rather ominous with its talk of signs in the sun, moon, and stars,…
The Day is at Hand St. Matthew 21:1-13 & Romans 13:8-14 by William Klock Advent begins with a Gospel lesson that we usually associate with Palm Sunday. In Matthew 21…
He is the Beginning Colossians 1:11-23 by William Klock As the Church moves into Advent again, our Epistle on this last Sunday of the year reminds us of the new…
God's Children 1 John 3:1-10 by William Klock The Bible is the story of creation, fall, and re-creation and you and I today are standing somewhere in the middle of…
Your Faith Has Made You Well St. Matthew 9:18-26 by William Klock How do we respond to Jesus? Our Gospel today is taken from Matthew 9. It’s part of a…
Blessed and Blessing St. Matthew 5:1-16 by William Klock What does it mean to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” “Thy…
After Christendom Romans: An Epilogue by William Klock Note: The material here is largely adapted from the final chapter of Andrew Perriman's "The Future of the People of God: Reading…
Glory Romans 16:25-27 by William Klock Have you ever had to speak in front a group—a speech or some kind of presentation—and you wrote your thoughts down in advance? Maybe…
Odds and Ends Romans 16:1-23 by William Klock Chapter 15 is basically the end of Romans, but there’s still one more chapter. In Chapter 16 Paul (and a handful of…
Aid to the Saints Romans 15:25-33 “This morning I want to talk about money.” There, I said it. I think for the vast majority of honest clergymen, those are some…
Power Romans 15:14-24 by William Klock Something I do as a pastor several days each week at Morning Prayer is to pray for our church using the prayers that St.…
As Christ has Welcomed You Romans 15:7-16 by William Klock This morning we’ll be looking at Romans 15:7-13. This is the end of Paul’s theological argument. He’ll round out Chapter…
With One Voice Romans 15:1-6 by William Klock I want to begin this morning with a quote from Dietrich Bonhöffer’s wonderful little book Life Together: “It is the voice of the…
Mutual Upbuilding Romans 14:13-23 by William Klock A number of years ago we went up to Kelowna to spend time with Veronica’s dad while he was in hospital. I was…
Sometimes the best known stories are the hardest to understand—just because we know them so well. In our Gospel this morning we read Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. This…
Recommendations 2 Corinthians 3:1-11 by William Klock Have you ever been asked to write a recommendation for someone? As a student it never occurred to me how time-consuming recommendations would…
Live to the Lord Romans 14:1-12 by William Klock Most of us know a vegetarian or two. It’s become a common thing in our culture. There are different reasons someone…
The Day is at Hand Romans 13:8-14 by William Klock We’ll be looking at Romans 13:8-14 this morning, but before we look at what St. Paul has to say there,…
Subject to the Governing Authorities Romans 13:1-7 by William Klock Over the course of these last few weeks we’ve been looking at what Paul has to say in Romans 12…