The wonderful preacher Fred Craddock once told a story about a lecture he gave at a seminary on the west coast. Just before his first talk, one of the students stood up and said, “Before you speak, I need to know if you are Pentecostal.” The room quickly grew silent. Craddock said he looked around […]

Easter Sunday March 27, 2016 St. James’s Episcopal Church Welcome! We are so glad you are here with is today. Whether this is your first time at St. James’s or you come every Sunday, welcome. We are so glad you are here to celebrate the most joyful day in the Christian year. There is a […]

Well hello, St. James’s. It’s great to see all of you and great to be back together as our 9:00 family. I hope you all have had a wonderful summer. I know that I have. In fact, I want to tell you a story about something that happened to Melissa and me near the end […]

There’s a story going around about the CEO of a large company who was traveling with his wife one day when he noticed his car was low on gas. Pulling into the first gas station he saw, he began to fill his tank while his wife went inside to buy a soda. After several minutes […]

“That evening, at sundown, they brought to Jesus all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.” Have you […]