A Sermon for Good Friday St. John 19 by William Klock Every year, reading the passion narratives over the course of Holy Week, I always find myself at some…
A Sermon for Maundy Thursday 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 by William Klock In our Epistle today we hear Paul’s description of what took place in the upper room, as the…
A Sermon for Palm Sunday Philippians 2:1-11, St. Matthew 21:1-17, and St. Matthew 27:1-54 by William Klock The Pantheon in Rome is famous for being one of the architectural…
A Sermon for Passion Sunday Hebrews 9:11-15 by William Klock William Coffin Coleman. He was a travelling salesman. He was in his dark hotel room one night and looked…
A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent Galatians 4:21-31 by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Colvin Our epistle lesson this morning comes from Galatians 4. I know that Pastor Bill…
A Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Colvin In Dante’s Inferno, the Italian poet’s lurid imagination has created a special circle of hell as…
A Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent St. Matthew 15:21-28 & 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 by William Klock In today’s Gospel St. Matthew tells us that Jesus and his…
A Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent St. Matthew 4:1-11 by William Klock Our Gospel today from Matthew picks up right after Jesus’ baptism by John. Matthew tells…
A Sermon for Ash Wednesday St. Matthew 6:16-21 by William Klock “When you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites,” Jesus said. “They make their faces quite unrecognisable, so…
A Sermon for Quinquagesima 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 by William Klock The other night I was trying to read while Veronica was practising in the other room. She has a…
A Sermon for Sexagesima by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Colvin One of the reasons why we come from Port Alberni to this church is because your pastor preaches narrative-historically and…
A Sermon for Septuagesima 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 & St. Matthew 20:1-16 by William Klock Over and over Jesus would say to the people, “The kingdom of heaven is like…this. …
A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany St. Matthew 13:1-43 by William Klock Seeds. Matthew 13—most of it at least—is all about seeds. Well, sort of. It’s about…
A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany St. Matthew 8:1-13 by William Klock Have you ever met someone with leprosy? Probably not. Today it’s extremely rare. We hardly…
A Sermon for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany St. John 2:1-11 by William Klock On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother…
A Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany Romans 12:6-16 & St. Mark 1:1-11 by William Klock The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, God’s…
A Sermon for the Epiphany Ephesians 3:1-12 & St. Matthew 2:1-12 by William Klock Imagine the magi, the wisemen, on their long trek from “the East”—from Persia—to Judah. They…
A Sermon for the Second Sunday after Christmas St. Matthew 2:13-23 by William Klock For us, a week has passed since we heard Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth in…
A Sermon for the First Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 7-9 & St. Matthew 1:18-25 by William Klock The Prophet Isaiah made his way along the dusty track across the Kidron…
A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent Philippians 4:4-7 & St. John 1:19-28 by William Klock The days are short and the clouds are heavy. I was walking…