Finding Rest and Perspective on July 4

Sermon Preached on July 5, 2020 – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Zechariah 9:9-12 Psalm 145:8-15 Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Finding Rest and Perspective on July 4 Ken and I were on vacation for much of last week, we wandered around Bailey Island and …

Disturbing Discipleship

Sermon Preached on June 21, 2020 – Third Sunday after Pentecost By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME The Book of Ezekiel 36: 22a, 26-28 Psalm 126 The Gospel of Matthew 10:24-39 Disturbing Discipleship I don't know about you, but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to figure out what …

A Turning Point, Moving Toward God’s Dream

Sermon Preached on June 14, 2020 – Second Sunday after Pentecost By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME The Book of Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 The Gospel:  Matthew 9:35-10:16 A Turning Point, Moving Toward God's Dream Our story from Genesis is a turning point in the story of …

We Are UNDONE

Sermon Preached on June 7, 2020 – Trinity Sunday By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME The Story of Creation - Genesis 1:1-2:2a; adapted from James Wheldon Johnson’s “God’s Trombones” The Canticle Response - Based on ‘A Song of Creation’, Canticle 12, BCP 88; A Song of Creation, Benedicite …

Be Calm, Be Brave, Be Witnesses to God’s Love

Sermon Preached on May 24, 2020 – Seventh Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 John 17:1-11 Be Calm, Be Brave, Be Witnesses to God's Love Be calm. Be brave. It'll be okay. Those are the words on my newest concert …

In My Mother’s House of Many Rooms

Sermon Preached on May 10, 2020 – Fifth Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Canticle of St. Anselm of Canterbury: A Song of Christ’s Goodness, from Enriching Our Worship Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 John 14:1-14 In My Mother’s House of Many Rooms This morning we have …

Abundant Life in the Season of COVID

Sermon Preached on May 3, 2020 – Fourth Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 John 10:1-10 Abundant Life in the Season of COVID Friends, This is a disorienting time - in so many ways. Of course it is, our patterns of …

Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020

A sermon for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, preached by the bishop, the Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown, for the Third Sunday of Easter, 26 April 2020. To God be the glory. If you ever watched Call the Midwife you might agree that the episodes are sermons. There’s no exegesis of biblical texts, but like …

Witness Lament Demand

Sermon Preached on April 19, 2020 – Second Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Psalm 16 John 20:19-31 Witness Lament Demand Here we are, in the early days of Easter still, having finished - what one social media meme called, “the Lentiest …

Reflection on Easter Morning

Reflection on Easter Morning - April 12, 2020 By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Scripture Reading: John 20:1-18 We are living in a time when we, like Mary, find ourselves going to the tomb, checking on the dead, listening to hear the numbers of those who have died, …