Sermons from St. John the Divine

How do we calibrate a healthy fear of the Lord with a gracious image of God? We look ahead to the cross of Jesus.

Jesus set His face toward Jerusalem, unwavering in His mission to die for us. In this sermon, we explore God's covenant with Abram, Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, and the powerful image of Jesus as a mother hen gathering and protecting her children. As we journey through Lent, how do we turn our faces toward Him?

Lent is a time to prepare for Easter by reorienting ourselves to the Lord. Remembering that while we get distracted and stray from the Lord, we have the opportunity over and over again to return to him, and be welcomed into his loving and protecting embrace.

Have you ever had a mountaintop experience—an undeniable moment where heaven seems to invade earth? The Transfiguration of Jesus was just that: a stunning revelation of His divine glory, confirming that He is the bridge between heaven and earth. In a world that often feels disconnected from the spiritual, we need to develop eyes to see the loving power of God at work all around us. Through prayer,...

On this Transfiguration Sunday, we step into the mountaintop experience where Jesus reveals His divine glory to his closest friends. But beyond the dazzling light, what does this moment teach us about Jesus’ humanity and our own need to listen to Him? This sermon challenges us to see the Transfiguration in a new way, to embrace Scripture, prayer, and faith when God seems distant, and to trust in H...

Jesus teaches us how to live when everything goes wrong. He is one who ultimately redeems all brokenness.

The Word of God is powerful and life-changing. It draws us in to know Him better and pushes us out into the world to share His love and Mercy. Through scripture, we learn of the character of God and how even in our smallness and imperfection, in fact, because of it, we are deemed worthy to be His hands here on earth. A path we step into knowing that in His faithfulness and love,e He will never aba...

When faced with the overwhelming abundance of God, we may feel unworthy like Simon and Isaiah. The good news is that Jesus makes us worthy, taking on our sin and shame, and sends us out to share His good news.

God’s people have been reading God’s word together for centuries in worship. The way we worship today in 2025 is greatly informed by the way God’s people worshipped together in the 400s BC. Do you explore the richness of God’s word with others? If not, today is a great day to start!

There is an old adage that I love: “the light that shines farthest shines brightest closest to home.” As we move more deeply into our mission to be A Light for the City, we do well to remember this wisdom as it relates to the gospel.

The water jars, symbols of purification under the old covenant, are filled and transformed into wine, signifying the renewal of the Temple, now present as Christ's Body. But there is more: the servants who fill the jars and serve the wine represent discipleship. Through their obedience, they become participants in the miracle—disciples bearing witness to the glory of God and, in turn, are filled t...

The Wise Men provide beautiful model of what it looks like to encounter Christ and how to respond to him. They fall to their knees and worship. Likewise, we are called to a life of worship which extends beyond the church on a Sunday morning into every aspect of our lives.

The story of the wise men shows us that God is at work in all times and in all places. Jesus is the fulfillment of all God's promises, and he is still drawing us to himself today.

God coming near to us at Christmas is not a gift that we pack up and put away like a box of ornaments until next Christmas. No this is a gift that goes with us out into our lives. And by grace God brings us into intimate conversations of love with him and one another.

In Christmas God becomes someone we can see.

It is God who changes lives. It is God who calls us to bring light into the darkness. As we come together, to pray together, to encourage each other to give birth to what God has called each of us to, our world will be changed. And it may be much bigger than we could have hoped or imagined.