Sermons
April 22, 23, 2017, Second Sunday of Easter Every year on the Sunday after Easter we have the story we call “Doubting Thomas.” I think it needs a new name and new focus. Thomas’ doubting has …
April 16, 2017, Easter Sunday A Happy Easter everyone! What does Easter mean to you? For me, it’s all about grace. Grace means being fully loved and accepted by God. Grace shows us that God loves …
Good Friday I would like to paint a picture for you—a picture in words to transport to back to Jerusalem. I would like to relive with you the last day, the last hours, of Jesus’ life on earth. …
April 8/9, 2017 Palm Sunday A Palm Sunday is the saddest Sunday of the church year. We start out with a parade, (perhaps) an enthusiastic procession. Then the day goes downhill rapidly, and we end with Jesus in …
April 2, 2017 5 Lent, A A friend once said to me, “We need to have a different idea of death.” She may not have even known it, but she was referring to the idea of death …
March 25/26, 2017 4 Lent, A Charities John’s Gospel is full of surprises! When I was little I got crepe paper balls each Christmas, wrapped around a handful of small trinkets—each one a surprise. I never knew …
The Rev. Robert P. Travis Palm Sunday Sermon – 9:00am Chapel of St. John the Divine, Saunderstown RI RCL Year A 4/9/2017 Scripture Text: The Liturgy of the Palms Matthew 21:1-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 The Liturgy of the Word …
The Rev. Robert P. Travis Lent 5 Sermon – 5, 8 and 10:00am Church of the Ascension, Wakefield RI RCL Year A 4/2/2017 Scripture Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Psalm 130 Sermon Text: This gospel story is …
The Rev. Robert P. Travis Lent 4 Sermon – 9:00am Chapel of St. John the Divine, Saunderstown RI RCL Year A 3/26/2017 Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 Psalm 23 Sermon Text: Have you ever …
The Rev. Robert P. Travis Lent 3 Sermon – 5, 8 and 10:00am Church of the Ascension, Wakefield RI RCL Year A 3/19/2017 Scripture Text: Exodus 17:1-7 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42 Psalm 95 Sermon Text: A few weeks ago, …
