From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan walked us through the ways clothing—or the lack of it—plays a role in Christ’s story: garments thrown before him on his entry into Jerusalem, the towel with which he served his disciples, the robe used to mock him during his trial, and finally, […]
Sermon Topic: Christ's Passion
The Paradox of the Cross
From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan walks us through the ways clothing—or the lack of it—plays a role in Christ’s story: garments thrown before him on his entry into Jerusalem, the towel with which he served his disciples, the robe used to mock him during his trial, and finally, […]
The Act of Washing
From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan walks us through the ways clothing—or the lack of it—plays a role in Christ’s story: garments thrown before him on his entry into Jerusalem, the towel with which he served his disciples, the robe used to mock him during his trial, and finally, […]
The Light That Betrays
From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan walks us through the ways clothing—or the lack of it—plays a role in Christ’s story: garments thrown before him on his entry into Jerusalem, the towel with which he served his disciples, the robe used to mock him during his trial, and finally, […]
The Instruments of Passion
In this powerful sermon on the Monday of Holy Week, The Very Rev. Andrew McGowan explores the story of Judas’ betrayal through the lens of money and moral choice.
Throwing Everything We Have
From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan walks us through the ways clothing—or the lack of it—plays a role in Christ’s story: garments thrown before him on his entry into Jerusalem, the towel with which he served his disciples, the robe used to mock him during his trial, and finally, […]
Jesus – ‘the fullness of him who fills all in all.’
(Ephesians 1:23b)
Michael Ramsey, 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, used to teach that there is a natural order of things in creation; if you will, the order that things are meant to be. He expressed this as God – Man – Things. However, this became disordered with God moved to the bottom of the natural order and, even […]
Slaying the Ram of Human Pride
Good Friday. The climax of Jesus’ Passion and the bleeding heart of the story of God. A day of dark deeds and, in Jesus’ crucifixion, a momentary triumph of the world’s ways over God’s. A momentary triumph. And the consequences of that triumph? Two thousand-odd years of the misuse of power, anti-semitism and villainous deeds […]
The Road Ahead: Mark’s Passion Narrative
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
The Cost of God's Love
In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome. Today following this liturgy we have no coffee hour, neither do the clergy do our normal greetings at the door. We are not being unfriendly; rather, of all Sundays in the year today is the Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – as we heard, his trial, […]
