Sermons – St. Andrew's Memorial Church

Embody Me April 17, 2018
Spreading the light of Resurrection! April 10, 2018
Where can I find you? April 1, 2018
The Lord is here March 25, 2018
We want to see Jesus. But how? March 18, 2018
Face up to evil – with love March 11, 2018
Become zealots for love March 4, 2018
Justified by faith February 25, 2018
Chosen people, promised land February 18, 2018
While we are yet sinners February 18, 2018
It’s uncanny. It’s meant to be February 11, 2018
The glory of God February 4, 2018
What on earth possesses us? January 28, 2018
Fall in, or let go of the nets January 21, 2018
Follow me January 21, 2018
Can anything good come out of humility and sacrifice? January 14, 2018
Go get soaked January 7, 2018
Did you find Jesus? December 31, 2017
God with us. And we with God? December 25, 2017
The hope of a gift December 24, 2017
The Word made flesh December 24, 2017
Sing and become her promised threat December 17, 2017
The gates of hope December 10, 2017
City of hope December 3, 2017
Witness to the light November 30, 2017
The hope to which we are called November 26, 2017
Restore the economy of grace November 19, 2017
Remember the one who loved beyond enemy lines November 12, 2017
Courageous and tender, gentle and brave October 29, 2017
To God alone be glory! October 22, 2017
Wrestling with God’s word October 15, 2017
Is the Lord among us or not? October 1, 2017
Almighty and merciful September 24, 2017
When the going on forgiveness gets tough September 17, 2017
God of liberation, God of love September 10, 2017
From the Burning Bush to the Boston Commons September 3, 2017
Using our gifts for Jesus and his kingdom August 27, 2017
Jesus and the gentiles, Paul and the Jews August 20, 2017
It’s not all about Peter. It’s about Jesus in the boat August 13, 2017
Two cheers for Matthew July 30, 2017
Surely the Lord is in this place July 23, 2017
Sowing with abandon July 16, 2017
The rabbi’s yoke July 9, 2017
Brothers and sisters all! July 2, 2017
The sword divides. Fear paralyses. Love compels! June 25, 2017
What is God like? June 11, 2017
Earthquake, wind and fire June 4, 2017
Living in the gap May 28, 2017
God with us. A brief sermon May 21, 2017
Christ the way May 14, 2017
The best of gospels, the worst of gospels May 7, 2017
Destruction and hope, all in one place April 30, 2017
The difference Easter makes April 23, 2017
He really died. He is really risen. And so, perhaps, are we April 16, 2017
When God returns to Zion – and to us April 9, 2017
Do you believe this? April 3, 2017
Light and dark March 26, 2017
Children of Abraham March 12, 2017
Return to me with all your heart (Joel 2.12) March 5, 2017
A bright cloud overshadows us February 26, 2017
Holy resistance February 19, 2017
Choose God February 5, 2017
Making friends, reconciling enemies January 29, 2017
Come, see, stay January 15, 2017
Here at Jordan’s river January 8, 2017
Our covenant with God January 1, 2017
A little child shall lead us December 25, 2016
Just say yes December 24, 2016
Fear not, God is still with us! December 18, 2016
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way December 4, 2016
Our broken nets November 30, 2016
The day and the hour November 27, 2016
What is the kingship of Christ? November 20, 2016
Two masters November 13, 2016
The story of Zacchaeus. Not October 30, 2016
Two kinds of people October 23, 2016
The arc of history October 16, 2016
Staying there for the long term October 9, 2016
Rekindle the gift of God that is within you October 2, 2016
Listen to Moses, be ready to share September 25, 2016
Fireflies of hope in the darkness September 25, 2016
God wants everyone to be saved September 18, 2016
Find what you have lost September 11, 2016
To be radical is to go to the root September 4, 2016
Lord God of guests August 28, 2016
Wounds and all August 21, 2016
Faith challenges our comfort zone August 14, 2016
Where our heart is July 31, 2016
In our image and likeness July 24, 2016
The wisdom of God July 17, 2016
Who is my neighbour? July 10, 2016
Do this – and fix the road July 10, 2016
If necessary, use words July 3, 2016
Follow me June 26, 2016
Repent and forgive June 12, 2016
The one who longs to make us whole June 5, 2016
Become the torch May 22, 2016
Proud towers which shall not reach to heaven May 15, 2016
Out of sight May 8, 2016
Not as the world gives May 1, 2016
Stretching the boundaries of love April 24, 2016
What are you doing here? April 24, 2016
The mystery of godliness April 17, 2016
Feeding because fed April 10, 2016
In God we trust April 3, 2016
How God settles a dispute March 27, 2016
The good news in our worst fears March 20, 2016
As we forgive our debtors March 13, 2016
A man had two sons March 6, 2016
No more enemies February 28, 2016
The deep love of God for us February 21, 2016
Changed from glory into glory February 14, 2016
Ears to listen February 7, 2016
Words of grace January 31, 2016
Read the text, and seek the sense January 24, 2016
These signs are written January 17, 2016
Baptized into his death January 10, 2016
How the light gets in January 3, 2016
In wisdom and stature December 27, 2015
The meaning in the magic December 25, 2015
As a little child December 24, 2015
On saying “Yes” December 20, 2015
Are you green and blossoming? December 13, 2015
Like a refiner’s fire December 6, 2015
Why are we here? November 30, 2015
Seek me and live November 29, 2015
The God we throw away November 22, 2015
Wars and rumours of wars November 15, 2015
The comradeship of a true cause November 8, 2015
Lift up your heads November 1, 2015
Happy ever after October 25, 2015
On the road October 18, 2015
Suffer the little children October 4, 2015
Our greatest need September 27, 2015
Who is wise and understanding? September 20, 2015
Welcome the children September 20, 2015
Wisdom and folly, life and death September 13, 2015
God shows no partiality September 6, 2015
Fair play for Pharisees August 30, 2015
Bread incarnate August 16, 2015
Enough! August 2, 2015
A new exodus July 26, 2015
Sheep without a shepherd July 19, 2015
The cost of discipleship July 12, 2015
An undomesticated God July 5, 2015
De profundis: Crying out from the depths June 28, 2015
Breaking the idols June 21, 2015
Not of this world June 14, 2015
That was then, this is now June 7, 2015
Strange math: Three-in-one and one-in-three May 31, 2015
Renewed, but always in need of renewal May 24, 2015
On a very fertile hill May 3, 2015
Good shepherds, bad shepherds, ambivalent sheep April 26, 2015
Peace be with you April 19, 2015
Sent by the Lord are we April 12, 2015
Where can I find you? April 5, 2015
A meditation for Palm Sunday and Holy Week March 30, 2015
Which God? Which Lord? March 29, 2015
Exalted on a cross March 22, 2015
Suffering love: In remembrance of her March 15, 2015
Love bears all things March 1, 2015
Lit up from within February 15, 2015
And she began to serve them February 8, 2015
As one with authority February 1, 2015
Jesus and the woman of Samaria January 27, 2015
In our beginning is our end January 25, 2015
Called by God, known by Christ, indwelt by the Holy Spirit January 18, 2015
A word for a sacrament January 17, 2015
A peaceable kingdom January 11, 2015
Give back the song. Choose another way January 4, 2015
Who´s that knocking on my window? December 25, 2014
God´s no to empire, God´s yes to us December 24, 2014
Hard of hearing December 21, 2014
The purpose and point of John December 14, 2014
Put peace into each other’s hands December 7, 2014
All God’s people November 30, 2014
Preaching to the council November 21, 2014
Rebuke, disrupt, shout November 16, 2014
Remembering the war dead November 9, 2014
A two-edged sword November 2, 2014
Signposts and navigation systems October 26, 2014
Whose image? October 19, 2014
“Trust in God; trust also in me” October 12, 2014
Sing a love song October 5, 2014
Jesus is tricky and God is ultra-democratic September 28, 2014
Wooden tongues, tin ears, and divine generosity September 21, 2014
Rise, Caledonia? September 14, 2014
Remembrance. reflection. reconciliation September 7, 2014
Very near to you August 10, 2014
Wrestling with God August 3, 2014
Getting our attention February 9, 2014