Every year, as winter fades and spring approaches, Christians around the world mark their foreheads with ash and embark on a forty-day journey toward Easter. This season of Lent, so deeply woven into the fabric of Christian worship, carries with it centuries of history, theological development, and spiritual wisdom. For Anglicans today, Lent represents not… Continue reading The Season of Lent: An Anglican Perspective
Sermon: Hearts Laid Bare: Ash Wednesday 2026 (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-22)
Matthew 6:1 (ESV) “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:2 (ESV) “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in… Continue reading Sermon: Hearts Laid Bare: Ash Wednesday 2026 (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-22)
From Dust to Resurrection: The Meaning of Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection. Throughout the Old Testament, ashes are used as a sign of sorrow and repentance, and Christians have traditionally used ashes to indicate sorrow for our own sin, and as… Continue reading From Dust to Resurrection: The Meaning of Ash Wednesday
Shove Tuesday: More Than Pancakes and Parades
Shrove Tuesday, commonly called Pancake Day in Britain and Ireland, is the day before Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent in the Western Christian calendar. It is a day rich in meaning—far beyond the stacks of pancakes or raucous parades that dominate modern perceptions. Falling exactly 47 days before Easter Sunday, its date shifts… Continue reading Shove Tuesday: More Than Pancakes and Parades
Sermon: The Epiphany of the Lamb (John 1:29-42)
John 1:29 (ESV) The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:30 (ESV) This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ John 1:31 (ESV) I… Continue reading Sermon: The Epiphany of the Lamb (John 1:29-42)
Sermon: Christ Revealed To All Nations (Matthew 2:1-12)
Matthew 2:1 (ESV) Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, Matthew 2:2 (ESV) saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to… Continue reading Sermon: Christ Revealed To All Nations (Matthew 2:1-12)
Sermon: In My Father’s House (Luke 2:41-52)
Luke 2:41 (ESV) Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. Luke 2:42 (ESV) And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. Luke 2:43 (ESV) And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents… Continue reading Sermon: In My Father’s House (Luke 2:41-52)
Sermon: From Forsaken to Delighted (Isaiah 61:10-62:5)
Isaiah 61:10 (ESV) I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with… Continue reading Sermon: From Forsaken to Delighted (Isaiah 61:10-62:5)
Sermon: The Word Became Flesh: Christmas 2025 (John 1:1-18)
John 1:1 (ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:2 (ESV) He was in the beginning with God. John 1:3 (ESV) All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:4 (ESV) In him… Continue reading Sermon: The Word Became Flesh: Christmas 2025 (John 1:1-18)
Sermon: The Light Has Dawned: Christmas Eve 2025 (Isaiah 9:1-7)
Isaiah 9:1 (ESV) But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.… Continue reading Sermon: The Light Has Dawned: Christmas Eve 2025 (Isaiah 9:1-7)