All Saints Anglican Church

Homily for Ash Wednesday by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We meditate on the meaning and significance of rending our hearts during this Lenten season.

Sermon for Quinquagesima by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at the Cross-shaped character of the love that Paul is describing in this well-known passage from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.

Sermon for Sexagesima by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at the story of Noah and the Ark as a story of redemption through judgment in Christ.

Sermon for Septuagesima by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at Jesus’s parable of the workers in the vineyard in Matthew 20—“So the last will be first, and the first last.”—and hear the two words of Judgment and Gospel in the story.

Sermon for the Third Sunday in Epiphany by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at Jesus opening proclamation of the Gospel in Mark 1:15—“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”—and try to hear and understand it as words spoken to each one of us right here and right now.

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Epiphany by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at the call of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3 and explore why this novum in Israel’s history is set within a context of judgment, and how such is the picture of the life of God’s people always: the death of the old and the birth of the new.

Sermon for Feast of Epiphany (translated) by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at all three of our readings this week — Isaiah 60:1-9, Matthew 2:1-12, and Ephesians 3:1-13 — to explore the big deal that is Epiphany.

Sermon for the First Sunday of Christmas by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. Last week we looked at the story of Christmas. This week we look at Paul’s discussion of the significance of Christmas for each one of us.

Homily from our Christmas Eve service by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We reflect on the fireworks of the angelic announcement and the peace found in the infant Jesus. 

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. We look at the picture of Mary that emerges in the Annunciation: a model of one who brings forth Christ by the grace of God in the power of the Spirit. 

Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.”—we explore the impossibly perfect place that Isaiah envisions as our hope, all because of Christ.

Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”—we explore the eternal force of the Word of God in history and in our lives.

Sermon for the First Sunday of Advent by the Rev. Dr. Len Finn. “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down”—we explore the idea of longing for God and longing to long more often and more deeply for Him.