Posted in Sermons on Apr 21st, 2011
Exodus 12:1-14a; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; Luke 22:14-30
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, April 21, 2011
One evening years ago I was at a friend’s cello recital. I had my eyes closed, meditating on the movement of the music and it occurred to me, “Somewhere during every moment of time music is playing somewhere. […]
Posted in Sermons on Apr 10th, 2011
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, April 10, 2011
He was as good as dead. My father had had a stroke. The left side of his body was completely paralyzed. He wore a diaper and was fed mashed up baby-like food. For ten months our family sat with […]
Posted in Sermons on Apr 3rd, 2011
1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, April 3, 2011
If you are like me (and I know that I am) sometimes you find yourself focusing on what is wrong instead of what is good. Especially when we find ourselves in some kind of hardship we no longer […]
Posted in Sermons on Mar 27th, 2011
Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, March 27, 2011
I draw your attention to the Baptismal Font; the dry Baptismal Font. It has been dry since Ash Wednesday. There are no long held customs or rules that tell us to leave it dry for Lent. That was my […]
Posted in Sermons on Mar 13th, 2011
Gen. 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matt. 4:1-11
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. St. George‘s Episcopal Church, March 13, 2011
Adam and Eve had it made. God put them in a Garden of Paradise. He told them to enjoy it; to work with it. Go ahead and live freely and abundantly. God commanded just one thing: do […]
Posted in Sermons on Mar 10th, 2011
Gen. 12:1-4a; Rom. 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17
The Rev. Paul D. Allick, St George’s Church, March 20, 2011
I will never forget the night I was “born again”. It’s a memory that still gives me hope and faith when I am running short on both.
When I was about 9 years old my mom and I started visiting […]
Posted in Sermons on Mar 6th, 2011
Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, March 6, 2011
“Thank God for Dead Soldiers”, “God Hates Fags”, “God is America’s Terror”, “God is Your Enemy”. These are the signs held up at soldiers’ funerals by members of the Westboro Baptist Church. Our Supreme Court has ruled, almost […]
Posted in Sermons on Feb 27th, 2011
Isaiah 49:8-16a; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, February 27, 2011
I don’t have the kind of faith Jesus is preaching about in the Gospel. I find it impossible not to worry about my life; to not worry about tomorrow. It is a challenge for me to always strive […]
Posted in Sermons on Feb 20th, 2011
Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23; Matthew 5:38-48
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, February 20, 2011
On Friday, February 11th, I witnessed an example of Minnesotan tenacity. The February thaw had just begun. It wasn’t yet in the 40s and 50s, we had just gotten into the mild 30s. At the gas station I […]
Posted in Sermons on Feb 13th, 2011
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, February 13, 2011
In seminary we each had to do a summer internship as hospital chaplains. Right before we all started a group of us were debating what we would do if we were asked to baptize a dying person especially […]
Posted in Sermons on Feb 6th, 2011
Isaiah 58:1-9a; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, February 6, 2011
In the winter the Church calendar provides us with a season of light. We begin with Christmas when we celebrate the Incarnation of God. At Epiphany we remember a brilliant star leading the Magi to the light of […]
Posted in Sermons on Jan 30th, 2011
Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, January 30, 2011
Today we hear a familiar Gospel lesson, the Beatitudes. They surprise us at first but we come to understand them. We know that the Christian religion teaches us that even when things are bad God is with us […]
Posted in Sermons on Jan 23rd, 2011
Isaiah 9:1-4; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, January 23, 2011
I am thinking of how different it is to read a mystery than to read a non-fiction book. I read both and each is such a different experience. A non-fiction book is telling us about facts and events […]
Posted in Sermons on Jan 16th, 2011
Isaiah 49:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, January 16, 2011
While I was serving as Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church the side of our building got spray painted with graffiti. I was talking to some elders about what had happened. I said, “Don’t you think people would […]
Posted in Sermons on Jan 9th, 2011
Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 34-43; Matthew 3:13-17
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, January 9, 2011
A few summers ago, before I came to St. George’s, I ended up on a walk by the Church building. I was taking a bus home from Uptown. It broke down right at the split where Lake Street becomes […]
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