Sermons

"The Beggar-King"

Proper 29.B.21 Christ the King Sunday
Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

As we celebrate Christ the King Sunday I would like to share with you Margaret Silf’s story of “The Beggar-King”. There once was a king who had no son, and longed for an heir who would succeed him to the throne. So he posted a notice, inviting young men to apply to be considered for adoption into his family, and to become his heir. All that he asked of the applicants was that they should love God, and love their neighbor.

"Waiting & Longing for the Blessings of God"

Proper 28.B.21
1 Samuel 1:4-20
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

Few things evoke more joy and gratitude than the birth of a baby. This is true of ourselves, certainly, and of all the generations that have gone before. This morning, just a few weeks before we begin to focus our thoughts on the greatest birth story of them all, that of our Savior, we have another account of a mother and child to contemplate.