Fr. Funston’s sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter (April 7, 2013) is now available online: Belief is one of those ambiguous words that can mean so many things. In the creedal sense, it means to give intellectual assent to…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, now available on line: Only a poet like John Updike could use the word monstrous to describe the Resurrection of Christ and, in spite of its shock value, or perhaps because…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent is now available online: Reconcile is an interesting word. It has three parts, actually to prefixes and a base verb, all from the Latin. The base verb is calare (or cilire…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent, March 3, 2013, is now available on-line: There is a tension at work in this story: God commands Moses to keep his distance as a matter of reverence and respect, but…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent is now online at the Rector’s blog: In Chapter 12 of the Book of Genesis, Abram is told by God to leave his home in Ur and travel to a land…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the First Sunday in Lent is now posted at his blog: In The Book of Common Prayer on page 264 you’ll find the beginning of the liturgy for Ash Wednesday. If you were here on that…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon on February 3 was unscripted. In place of that sermon, we link to an excellent sermon by Fr. David Romanik of Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas. As we all know, Paul is not particularly…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s Rector’s Address to the 196th Annual Parish Meeting is now online: We have affirmed and celebrated today the ministry of many of God’s people through the activities and outreach of this parish. I look forward to a time…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany is now on the internet: Wine is a very special sort of drink, especially in the Jewish tradition and, thus, in our own Christian faith. Wine gets a special mention in…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the First Sunday after Christmas Day is now online: “No matter how big and bad you are . . . when a two-year-old hands you a toy telephone, you answer it.” That piece of wisdom showed…
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