Sermon Archive (Page 2)

A Sermon for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Pentecost 21/Proper 24B, October 17, 2021 Job 38:1-7, Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37b, Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 10:34-45   Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   If you were reading along on your bulletin insert it’s pretty…

A Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Pentecost 12/Proper 15B, 8/15/2021 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Psalm 111 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:35, 51-58     Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   Today we are celebrating the two great sacraments of the church…

A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy June 27, 2021, Pentecost 5/Proper 8B Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15. Mark 5:21-43 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   Mark is the shortest of our gospels. The writing style is brief and to the…

A Sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost

The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’ Mt. Airy, 6/14/2021, Pentecost 3/Prober 6B 1 Samuel 15:34 – 16:13, Psalm 20, 2 Corinthians 5:6-17, Mark 4:26-34     Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire.  Amen.   The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien are some of my favorite…

A Sermon for Trinity Sunday

The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2021 Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-17   Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   Today is Trinity Sunday, the day every preacher is said to be a bit of a heretic…

A Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy May 9, 2021 Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, 1 John 5:1-6, John 15:9-17     Alleluia!  Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!  Alleluia!   [Begin by asking people what the word joy means to them – put a pin in that to come back to in a bit] This is the sixth of seven weeks of…