Gary Hall Christ Church Cranbrook February 19, 2012 [The Last Sunday after the Epiphany] I begin this sermon with a confession. Like many American men, I am in the grip of something bigger than I am. That’s right: I, too, am suffering from “Linsanity”, a condition defined as an obsessive interest in the play [...]
Sermons
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The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany ~ February 12, 2012
No matter how many times I read Mark’s Gospel, I always find it full of surprises. Last week’s passage told how Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law. Today’s shows Jesus healing a leper. Last Sunday, when I was leading a retreat at Camp Stevens in Julian, California, we discussed the first healing story as part of the [...]
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany ~ January 29, 2012
Gary Hall Christ Church Cranbrook A couple of weeks ago I had a free evening and went to see Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Hugo”. It’s a beautiful motion picture, a combination of children’s fantasy and loving history of the early days of movies. I’ve long admired Scorsese’s films: even though most of them [...]
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany ~ January 22, 2012
January 15, 2012 Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Gary Hall Christ Church Cranbrook January 15, 2012 [Second Sunday after the Epiphany] I had a sobering experience earlier this week. On January 1, Christ Church Cranbrook changed insurance providers to take advantage of the savings offered by participating in the national church’s denominational health plan. I needed to refill a prescription, so I [...]
The First Sunday After the Epiphany ~ January 8, 2012
Sermon Preached by The Reverend Joyce Matthews at Christ Church Cranbrook, January 8, 2012 [The First Sunday after the Epiphany 1] Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11 January 8, 2012 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be always acceptable in your sights Oh Lord our strength and [...]
Christmas Eve Sermon 2011
The Second Sunday in Advent
THe First Sunday of Advent
The Last Sunday of Pentecost – Earth Sunday
Gary Hall Christ Church Cranbrook November 20, 2011 [Earth Sunday/Last Pentecost] In the summer of 2004, Kathy and I and a group of parishioners from the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania spent several weeks in the African nation of Malawi. We were there to evaluate agencies working with AIDS orphans for a [...]
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