St. James Episcopal Church - Black Mountain, NC

SERMON | Sept. 24: God’s Generosity

"God listens and works in us and among us to bring hope to a suffering world."
The Rev. Dn. Kristi Neal
 
Exodus 16:2-15Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45Philippians 1:21-30Matthew 20:1-16

SERMON | Sept. 10: The Sacred Way: Holding the Opposites

"Maybe it has been true also inside of you: the hardest things softened the hardest places."
- The Rev. Judith Whelchel
 
Exodus 12:1-14Psalm 149Romans 13:8-14Matthew 18:15-20

SERMON | September 3: Barefoot and Being Brave

"What God is asking us to do is to take off our shoes; to shed what we thought we knew about how we are supposed to show up in this world. To move towards our pain and our discomfort and the dirt that comes to the surface so that we can do God’s work here and now."
- The Rev. Mary Catherine Cole
 
Exodus 3:1-15Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45cRomans 12:9-21Matthew 16:21-28
 

SERMON | August 27: Boxes, Cranes, and the Inner Midwife

"What if it is true—that nothing is coming from out there to fix our toxic divisions, systemic injustice, and this burning planet because we already have what we need?"
- The Rev. Judith Whelchel
 
Exodus 1:8-2:10Psalm 124Romans 12:1-8Matthew 16:13-20

SERMON | August 20: What Brought You Here?

"During the most uncertain of times, we know that we are not alone. We are part of a larger story."
- The Rev. Phil Glick
 
Genesis 45:1-15Psalm 133Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

SERMON | August 13: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

"If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat."
- The Rev. Dr. Bruce Grob
 
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45bRomans 10:5-15Matthew 14:22-33

SERMON | August 6: Transfiguration Sunday

"God became human so that humanity can see the divine within humanity."
- The Rev. Dn. Kristi Neal
 
Exodus 34:29-35
2 Peter 1:13-21
Luke 9:28-36
Psalm 99 or 99:5-9

SERMON | July 30: Responding to Division: Acts of Prayer & Acts of Service

"Prayer and service—if these seem like small things in the face of big problems let us recall the mustard seed. The smallest seed grows into the greatest shrub so that birds come and make nests in its branches."
- The Rev. Judith Whelchel
 
Genesis 29:15-28Psalm 128Romans 8:26-39Matthew 13:31-33,44-52

SERMON | July 16: Parable of the Extravagant Gardener

"This story isn’t about the quality of the dirt. It is about the quality of God".
- The Rev. Dn. Kristi Neal
 
Genesis 25:19-34Psalm 119:105-112Romans 8:1-11Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

SERMON | July 9: It Is The Broken Ways

"Tell me about God, I've almost forgotten. (First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament)."
- The Rev. Dr. Bruce Grob
 
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Psalm 45: 11-18Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30