The Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 21, 2024 | Psalm 23 and John 10:11-18 | Ryan D. Mills | [Jesus said:] 11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves…
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Maundy Thursday | March 28, 2024 | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 | Ryan Mills | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 1Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the…
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The First Sunday in Lent | February 18, 2024 | A Sermon on Mark 1:9-15 | The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | 9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn…
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The Second Sunday after Epiphany | January 14, 2024 | 1 Samuel 3:1-20 and John 1:43-51 | Ryan Mills | 1 Samuel 3:1-20 1Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim…
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The Third Sunday in Advent | December 17, 2023 | John 1:6-8,19-28 | Ryan D. Mills | 6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the…
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All Saints Sunday | November 5, 2023 | Matthew 5:1-12 | Ryan D. Mills | 1When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom…
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The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | 9/24/2023 | Matthew 20:1-16 | Dr. Ryan Mills | [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his…
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8th Sunday after Pentecost | July 23, 2023 | St. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | Ryan Mills | 24[Jesus] put before [the crowds] another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;25but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. 26So when the…
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Pentecost 5 | 02.07.2023 | St. Mt 10:40-42 | Ryan Mills | [Jesus said to the twelve:] 40“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name…
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 30, 2023 | Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10 | Dr. Ryan D. Mills | [Jesus said:] 1“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2The one who enters by the…
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The Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday | April 2, 2023 | A Sermon on Matthew 26:14–27:66 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | In the Name of the Father, and of the Son +, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Why? Why did this have to happen? Why his being betrayed, with a kiss?…
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The Transfiguration of Our Lord | February 19, 2023 | Matthew 17:1-9 | The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | 1Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes…
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The Epiphany of Our Lord | 01/06/23 | Mt 2:1-12 | Ryan Mills | 1In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its…
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The First Sunday of Advent | November 27, 2022 | Ro 13:11-14; Mt 24:36-44 | by Ryan Mills | 11Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; 12the night is far gone,…
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Pentecost 19 | October 16, 2022 | Luke 18:1-8 | Ryan D. Mills | 1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a…
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The Ascension of Our Lord | May 26, 2022 | Luke 24:44-53 | Ryan Mills | 44[Jesus said to the eleven and those with them,] “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be…
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The Great Vigil of Easter | Saturday, April 16, 2022 | John 20:1-18 | The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to…
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The Second Sunday in Lent | March 13, 2022 | Lk 13:31-35 | Ryan D. Mills 31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to [Jesus,] “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and…
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4th Sunday after Epiphany | January 30, 2022 | 1 Cor 13:1-13 and Lk 4:21-30 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 1If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have prophetic…
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The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021 | A Sermon on Luke 2:1-20 | The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3All went…
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The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 11/14/21 | Sermon on Mark 13:1-8 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 1As [Jesus] came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” 2Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone…
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Mark 9:38-50| September 26, 2021 | The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 38John said to [Jesus,] “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one…
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September 26, 2021 | The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 38John said to [Jesus,] “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a…
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The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 8/8/21 | Sermon on John 6:35, 41-51 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 35Jesus said to [the crowd,] “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 41Then the Jews began to complain about…
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The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 20, 2021 | A Sermon on 2nd Corinthians 6:1-13 and St. Mark 4: 35-41 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | 35When evening had come, [Jesus said to the disciples,] “Let us go across to the other side.” 36And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the…
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Sixth Sunday of Easter, 5/9/21 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan Mills | [Jesus said:] 9“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these…
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February 21, 2021 | Mark 1:9-15 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | 9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove…
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 20, 2020 | A Sermon on Luke 1:26-38 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | 26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of…
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November 8, 2020 | A Sermon on Matthew 25:1-13 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3When the foolish…
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16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020. | Sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 | by The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage,…
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