Fr. Funston’s sermon for Sunday, August 26, 2012, is now available on line: In the act of Holy Communion we are joined with Christians everywhere and everywhen — with all those in every place who also take part in the…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for Sunday, August 19, 2012, the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, is now online on his blog: Lady Wisdom is not inviting simpletons or the foolishly naive into her parlor; she is inviting the open-minded, those who have…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12) is now online: How many of you have ever attended a potluck supper or potluck luncheon in this parish? Let’s have show of hands. OK – hands down. Those…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10) is now online: While I would be the last to suggest that the Episcopal Church or any of its leaders are equivalent to Amos or John the Baptist, I…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8) is now online: When something bad happens to someone, particularly if someone’s loved one dies, if someone has a miscarriage, if someone is diagnosed with a serious illness (like,…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost is now online: Our first reading this morning is from the Book of Job, which in the Jewish organization of Scripture is part of the Ketuvim (or “Writings) and is considered…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 3, 2012, is now on line: Today is different from all other days in the liturgical calendar. Nearly all of our other special feast days commemorate events in the life of Jesus or…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for Pentecost Sunday, May 27, 2012, is now online: What happened one thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine years ago? If we can believe the calculations of an early medieval monk named Dennis the Short, one thousand nine…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after the Ascension), May 20, 2012, is now online: This graphic is the work of Matthew Todd Spiel and is used under the terms of a creative commons Attribution-No Derivative…
Continue ReadingFr. Funstons’ sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 13, 2012, is now on line: Are you a music fan? A classical music fan? I am. I love the great symphonies – Beethoven’s Fifth, his Ninth, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, Dvorak’s…
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