Posted in Sermons on Jun 5th, 2011
Acts 1:6-14; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11; John 17:1-11
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, June 5, 2011
Well it appears that the world did not end while I was away on vacation. Wasn’t it supposed to end on Saturday, May 21st?
For over two thousand years Christians have been trying to predict the exact timing […]
Posted in Sermons on Jun 2nd, 2011
Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53
The Rev. Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, June 2, 2011
Dying and rising is at the heart of Christianity. This is what happens to us in our baptism: we die with Christ as we go under the water. We rise with him to new life as we come up.
I […]
Posted in Sermons on May 15th, 2011
Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, May 15, 2011
I’ve always lived with animals. When I was a kid, at different times, there were dogs, cats, cows, horses, goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, fish, turtles, lizards, and frogs. Now I just have cats. I am too lazy to […]
Posted in Sermons on May 8th, 2011
Acts 2:14a,36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, May 8, 2011
During my college years I spent a year living with a community of Benedictine Monks. The first couple of times I prayed with the brothers I was made very uncomfortable. They prayed so slowly. The psalms were recited […]
Posted in Sermons on May 1st, 2011
Acts 2:14a, 22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31
The Reverend Paul D. Allick, St. George’s Episcopal Church, May 1, 2011
It is easy to believe that Jesus died. In the world we live in his arrest and execution isn’t shocking. It doesn’t take much imagination to understand that the governments of this world can be brutal towards […]
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 […]
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