Texts: Acts 2:1-21 •  Psalm 104:24-34, 35b  •  Romans 8:22-27 •  John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15   Not long after St. Luke’s established itself as a congregation in 1900 (an anniversary we’ll be celebrating next weekend on Anniversary Sunday), another outbreak of the Holy Spirit was occurring across the ocean in the Welsh town of New Quay … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 31, 2009: Day of Pentecost →

Acts 1:1-11  •  Psalm 47  •  Ephesians 1:15-23  •  Luke 24:44-53 Approximately two decades before the birth of Christ, one of the greatest poets of the Latin language retold the story of Orpheus and his journey to the underworld to recover his dead wife, Eurydice. The poet is known by the name Virgil, and the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 24, 2009: Ascension of Our Lord (transferred) →

Texts: Acts 10:44-48  •  Psalm 98  •  1 John 5:1-6  •  John 15:9-17 Grace and peace in the name of God our loving Creator, Amen. Since Easter morning we have been hearing stories from the book of the Acts of the Apostles in the place of the Hebrew scripture we usually read as our first … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 17, 2009: Sixth Sunday of Easter →