by Jack King | May 17, 2023 | Blog
Last Sunday, I opened the sermon speaking about the ways the Christian calendar forms our faith. We see the impact of familiar seasons and services to shape us, like Advent and Lent, Ash Wednesday and the Easter Vigil. But there are other holy days and observances,...
by Rob Goebel | Apr 5, 2023 | Blog
Why It’s Good? Good Friday commemorates the darkest hour in the history of humanity, the death of Jesus Christ. Why, then, do we call it GOOD Friday? Why do we mark this day at all? Why not let it pass and get right to the good stuff on Easter? Christians from...
by Jack King | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog
The bishop is coming! And in the case of our parish, the Archbishop is coming. On Sunday, May 7th, Archbishop Foley Beach will be present at Apostles to preach, celebrate the Eucharist, and offer the sacramental rite of confirmation. As we anticipate Archbishop...
by Jack King | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
Occasionally, the lectionaries for the Daily Office or Sunday Eucharist include a reading from an apocryphal book; this Sunday is a case in point with a reading from Ecclesiasticus. Why, as Anglicans, do we read these texts in the Church? According to the Book of...
by Jack King | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog, Sermon Follow-Up
Last Sunday I delivered a sermon on the Kingdom of God in a divisive age, focusing on the threefold ministry of Jesus as our Prophet, Priest, and King. Towards the end of the sermon, I shared the thoughts of Romano Guardini who envisioned in 1956 that the modern world...
by Jack King | Feb 11, 2020 | Blog, Sermon Follow-Up
Readings Matthew 5.13-20 Note: If you would like a PDF version of this sermon, you may download the file here. If you would like to listen to the audio version, you may find it here. In 1905 a London newspaper hired G.K. Chesterton to write a weekly column. His...