Sermons

"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us" (John 17:21). Why did God create the universe? That is a question that an eight year old asked me the other day. Children ask the best questions. Why? Do you think he was bored? You can imagine God sitting around for eternity, alone, twiddling his thumbs. That would be boring but is an absurd idea. God is perfection itself. Perfection is perfect. It does not lack anything. I

The altars were prepared. The calf was sacrificed. The servants of Baal chanted from morning to noon, calling their god to pour fire from heaven. Nothing happened. Elijah taunted them, crying, “Shout louder! Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping.” The heathens prayed more fervently, but nothing happened still. Finally, Elijah took his stand. “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”

“The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course” ~ St. Boniface, Enlightener of Germany Boniface was a man dedicated to building Holy Church. He became a monk in England, and spent most of his youth studying and praying. Then news spread from Germany. The Germanic culture was deteriorating. Its society resembled ours all too well. Once thoroughly Christian, its people had

“By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner, and by calling a homeless wanderer of the humblest birth who roams from place to place. My worldly goods are a knapsack and some dried bread in it, and a Bible in my breast pocket. And that is all.” The Way of the Pilgrim is a story of a Russian peasant. He gave up everything for love of the Name of Jesus. One day in church, he was struck by the command, “pray unceasingly,” and set out on the road. The s