St. Paul 's

In the Name... There is a church in England, dedicated to the Ascension, which is remarkable for a particular piece of artwork.  Above...

In the Name... A couple of clergy were standing by a road holding signs.  One read, "The End is Nigh."  The other read, "Turn Back, O...

In the Name... A group of hikers were being led through the Montana wilderness by a guide. On the third day, the hikers noticed that the...

Wait Sermon by Peggy Samuels Deacon-in-Training During this pandemic, much waiting is occurring in both connotations of the word. For the...

In the Name... A minister was teaching a Sunday school lesson and he told the kids that, as the pastor, he was like a shepherd and the...

Sermon: EASTER 3, April 26th, 2020 In the Name... A man bought his grandmother a CD player and some CD's so she wouldn't have to use her...

In the Name… A young man volunteered to entertain patients in a local rehab facility and took his portable keyboard.  He told some jokes...

Sermon: EASTER DAY, April 12th, 2020 In the Name... Did you know that the Easter Bunny is real?  I’m serious.  In the museum of the...

There is an old Yiddish proverb.  “If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.”   Today we affirm the truth of that proverb by...

In the Name… Sometimes, you just can’t invent this stuff.  A letter from the Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina,...

Sermon: LENT 4, March 22nd, 2020 In the Name... A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying.  To...

In the Name… A Sunday School teacher asked the class, “Why did the Hebrews wander in the desert for forty years?” One boy put up his...

In the Name... Some years ago I heard the phrase, "God so loved the world...that he didn't send a committee." I think we can all relate...

In the Name... Two young monks both wanted to smoke during Lent and decided to ask the abbot. The first asked, but was told no. The...

In the Name... A man showed up at the door of the rectory and said, “Father, there’s a poor family in town who desperately need help. ...

In the Name... A friend from Kentucky once joked with me that he had always thought the Sermon on the Mount referred to the instructions...

In the Name… One morning, over breakfast, a woman said to her husband, “I’ll bet you don’t know what today is.” “Oh, yes”, he said, “I...

In the Name... Among the fables of Antiquity, there is the story of the pheasant and the eagle. The pheasant was envious of the eagle...

In the Name… Over the centuries, theologians have debated what baptism accomplishes, to whom it should be administered, and, even, how...

In the Name... The story is told of a Sunday School nativity play. And all was going smoothly until the Wise Men arrived. The first...