Sermons from St. David's

Sermon by Donna Lockhart, Seminarian Intern, based on Mark 10:44-52

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon by Mike Stutso, Deacon-in-training, based on Mark 10: 2-16

When Martin Hebold won the $600 million Florida State lottery a couple of years ago he was the happiest man on earth. Martin worked as a municipal engineer, and on the day he won, he remembers kissing every financial worry goodbye - and saying ‘hello' to opportunities that were beyond his wildest dreams. Martin says this is what he thought about when he went on a walk that day, right after hearing...

Were we to allow the British comedy troupe ‘Monty Python’ to interpret our Gospel text this morning - then we would have to turn to that famous scene from a film called ’The Life of Brian’ when the movie’s main character tries to cross a Medieval bridge and is stopped by a soldier in a suit of armor called ’The Black Knight.’  A sword fight ensues - and the Black Knight gets his arm chopped off. ...

There is much to be learned from today’s Gospel lesson, but the words that jumped out at me the most are the words Jesus uses to teach his disciples how to measure their greatness. Jesus calls the twelve near, saying to them; “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” This passage offers us direction on how we are to walk through this world with a compassionate and humble...

In this July 18.2021 sermon Fr. Chris Yaw, rector of St. David's Episcopal Church in Southfield, MI preaches on the importance of compassion.

Fr. Chris Yaw, rector of St. David's Episcopal Church in Southfield, Michigan encourages us to never, never give up.