Rev. Doug Floyd All Saints Day 2025Rev. Doug Floyd In the early fifth century, St. John Chrsysotom delivers a sermon on the holy martyrs. He says, What can I say, and of what should I speak?I skip and am driven out of my mind at this great chastity.I fly and dance and am in the clouds and am as drunk by this…
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons on Hospitality
Rev. Doug Floyd Pentecost +12 – Ever Growing Community of ChristRev. Doug FloydColossians 4:2-6 Today marks the end of our summer long reflections on Colossians. This week I reread all the sermons on our website, and then I reread the book of Colossians. One theme that surfaced again and again is our rootedness in Christ. This made me think of a little…
Mark 12:38-44 – The Ministry of WidowsRev. Chase WhitmireI King 17:8-16, Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44 I will never forget as a young teenager having the honor and privilege to have Elisabeth Elliot come to my church and tell the story of her family’s journey to Ecuador to share Christ with the Waorani Tribe.…
The Burning BushTrinity Sunday 2021Rev. Doug FloydExodus 3:1-6, Psalm 93, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-16 Today we celebrate the revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ. In and through Christ, we behold the mystery of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: one God, three persons. Throughout Eastertide, our Gospel readings focused upon the communion of…
Pentecost +17Rt. Rev. Dr. Frank LyonsEzekiel 18:1–4, 25–32, Psalm 25, Philippians 2:1–13, Matthew 21:28–32 Praise the Lord. It’s good to be with you today. Our Old Testament lesson speaks of judgment. Jesus is saying here today, put in context. It’s just after he’s come into Jerusalem. Remember Palm Sunday? So this teaching is just after…
We have been welcomed into the community of the beloved. As we grow up into the love of God, we love and welcome the outsider, the wounded, the marginalized, those scarred by life, those burned out by the engines of church production.
Lent 4B Lætare Sunday 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd John 6:1-15 On this fourth Sunday of Lent, we rejoice and celebrate that the feast of Resurrection is coming soon. Our Gospel story highlights the promise that is coming. We learn from John 6:4 that the feast of Pentecost is at hand. Then in John 6:5, we…
Come and Find Rest Pentecost 5 2017 Rev. Doug Floyd 25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over…