St. James' Episcopal Church – Mt. Airy, Maryland
Sermons on 2021
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…
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…
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…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’ Mt. Airy, May 2, 2021 Acts 4:5-128:26-40, Psalm 22:24-30, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-8 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! The eight short verses of today’s gospel passage are chock full of rich images written to evoke our imaginations and call us into discipleship. They begin with the seventh and final “I…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz St. James’, Mt. airy April 25, 2021 – Easter 4B Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. It always falls on the fourth Sunday of Eastertide when we pair up Psalm 23 and one of the shepherd stories from John’s gospel.…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz St. James’, Mt. Airy April 11, 2021 Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! Some of you may remember that a few years ago I offered an adult formation series I created for parents and grandparents (and really everybody) called The Hard Questions: Parenting with Doubt, Faithfulness,…