Sermons from St. John’s Episcopal Church

The cure for snakebite. Fr. David Houk. March 10, 2024.

 John 3:14-21  What if the very thing that is killing you is also the thing that will heal you?

Angry? Fr. Oliver Butler. March 3, 2023

On the Third Sunday in Lent, the Gospel appointed takes us to the temple where Jesus drives out the money changers. Fr. Butler helps us understand the difference between righteous anger and the anger we need to give over to God.

Losing your so-called life. Fr. David Houk. February 25, 2024

The Second in Lent: Mark 8:31-38. All of us have to go through some kind of death in order to get to a new kind of life.

The Stupor of Comfort. Deacon Louis Harris. February 18, 2024.

Mark 1:9-15. The season of Lent is upon us. In this sermon, Deacon Harris draws out its themes of discipline and self-denial in relation to human longing for comfort and satisfaction, through the text of St Mark's Gospel. Christ is in the wilderness, but why would we want to join Him there?

Gaguing our spiritual health. Fr. Oliver Butler. Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Fr. Butler calls us all to look at our lives and make the most of the invitation to a holy Lent.

Change.Fr. David Houk. February 11, 2024.

The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-9) is a point of change in Mark's Gospel, and we hear it just as everything is about to change in our church's life during Lent. The question is, are we willing to change as well?

Church. Fr. David Houk. February 4, 2024

Mark 1:29-39. It's the Sunday of St. John's Annual Parish Meeting and a good day to think about what it means to be Church.

The Light in the Synagogue. Deacon Louis Harris. January 28, 2024.

Mark 1:21-28.  What does it mean that Jesus Christ is “the Light of the World”? Do we see any practical examples during His ministry that shed light on its meaning? Deacon Harris' sermon explores the meaning of the Church’s season of Epiphany and how the story of a man’s unclean spirit in a synagogue at Capernaum sheds light on our own spiritual journey today.

Urgent. Fr. David Houk. January 21, 2024

Mark 1:14-20. What were those impulsive disciples thinking and why did they so resolutely decide to follow Jesus?

Can anything good...? Fr. Oliver Butler.January 14, 2024

Today's Gospel from John 1:43-51 features the calling of Philip and Nathaniel. Fr. Butler brings Nathaniel's provocative question home for all of us.