Category: Sermons
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The Passion of our Lord
New Day Sermon Palm Sunday This week’s message is the Passion of the Lord according to Luke. We have included the worship song “Messiah” and the Passion reading. The Gospel reading is dramatically read by the New Day band and set to music and paired with drawings and watercolor painting. We hope that this message…
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Cost versus Value
We are very familiar with the scene and the characters in today’s gospel. We think we know them. There is much that has been said regarding them. But, none of the details in the story irrefutably support the theories.Theories that have long been perpetuated about who, where and when this scene takes place. Therefore, I…
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It’s Hard to Go Home
New Day Sermon Lent Four We all leave home and live life. Perhaps there’s a “Prodigal Son” in all of us. And sometimes it’s hard to go home.
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The Three Trees of the Christian Story
Traditional Sermon Lent 3 The Gospel from Luke 13 begins in a way that’s a bit more like the way I receive my morning news rather than the way I like to receive the Good News. It begins with people coming up to Jesus and sharing news of Pontius Pilate, the Governor of the land,…
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Why, God?
New Day Sermon – Lent 3 Watching the news today can give us knots in our stomach; mass shootings, natural disasters that claim property and lives, war and violence. We begin to wonder where God is in all of this and could God stop it?
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Different Hatchings One Brood
Today’s readings once again contrast the realm of humans with the realm of God. They contrast our perspective with God’s, help us see God in everyday circumstances and to discover the many ways that Grace shows up.
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Camp Sunday
New Day Sermonlent 2 This week we welcomed guest preacher Zach Weiss for Camp Sunday at St. Peter’s. Zach is the Director of Camp Kirchenwald in Colebrook and he preached on the gospel and the importance of camp in Christian formation.
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Trust Issues
New Day Sermon Lent 1 Trust can be hard. Who do you trust? How well do you trust God? In what ways does God invite us into a trust walk this Lenten season?
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Battling with Diabolos
I’ve never been in a true wilderness. I’ve come close, I suppose. When I was a student at Furman University in South Carolina back in the 70’s, there were places in neighboring Pickens County that were pretty remote and where people were few and far between. Nature … and home-made moonshine stills … ruled the…
