Genesis 18:20-32; Luke 11:1-13 For those of you who were here last week, you will have to endure another story from the boarding school...

Genesis 18:1-10; Luke 10:38-42 The lesson that I just read from Luke’s gospel is a type of short, encapsulated story that is often called...

A sermon preached by the Rev. Robert L. Tate on Sunday, July 10, 2022 at The Church of the Ascension, Saranac Inn, NY. Today is a very...

2 Kings 5:1-14 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Our first lesson from the Old Testament that Hank Harder read is a rich story with far more to reflect...

Mark 7:24-30 I’ve been practicing my talent for getting lost. Rosie the hound dog and I set off this week to visit a certain sandy bank...

Jesus had been preaching and healing in large outdoor spaces around the sea of Galilee - think of the parking lot at the boat launch or...

Every Sunday within the Christian church is a celebration of Resurrected Life in Jesus. In addition to that assumed foundation, I am...

I’m going to try and do three things with you today. First, I will draw our attention to a distinction that Jesus makes between material...

Our passage today from the Gospel of John describes an event that took place the day after Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two...

Today we hear John’s account of one of the most famous episodes of Jesus’ ministry, the feeding of the five thousand. I’d like to begin...

Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 23 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The first verse of our Gospel lesson to which I would like to draw your...

Amos 7:7-15 Mark 6:14-29 We are thrust into a story of royal incest this morning through Mark’s account of John the Baptist’s death. We...

Deuteronomy 10:17-21 Hebrews 11:8-16 Matthew 5:43-48 Many of you know I scooted west last September after our last service. Caught up...

Dear Church of the Ascension, Labor Day weekend signals the end of our summer worship season at the Church of the Ascension.  As seasonal...

Psalm 119 Romans 13 Matthew 18 I want to begin today’s meditation with a quote from my colleague Tyler Montgomery’s end of season...

Matthew 16:21-28 Michael McCarthy was 7 the year his mom, Norah, went to an asylum after a mental breakdown. he and his older brother...

Matthew 16:13-20 Senator Tammy Duckworth, who walks on two fine aluminum legs, was an eager, but anxious, 22 year old when she joined the...

Matthew 15: 21-28 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Psalm 67 Today’s gospel tells about an encounter between preacher Jesus and an uppity, determined...

Romans 10:5-15 Matt. 14:22-33 Have you ever been on a small boat in a storm? I was on a Sunfish stuck between Green Island and Markham...

Isaiah 55:1-5 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 Many of us have heard the gospel lesson of the feeding of the five thousand before. With five...