Signs of Glory in the flesh

January 16, 2022 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Sunday, January 16, 2022 Long ago, as Christianity was forming, people got it in their heads that the human body was bad, intrinsically […]

On that Silent Night, by The Rev. Polly Robb

December 24, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Christmas Eve Sermon 2021 The story of Jesus’ birth is a story passed down and told to us quietly and reverently. The registration of emperor Augustus, the journey to Bethlehem, […]

“By God’s will we have all been sanctified,” by The Rev. Polly Robb

December 19, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C. Luke 1:39-55 December 19, 2021 When I first met Barbara, I was 18 years old. It was spring break of 1982. My boyfriend, Rob, […]

“The Lord graciously gave,” by The Rev. Polly Robb

December 5, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C Luke 3:68-69 A few miles west of the old city of Jerusalem, across a hilly terrain graced with green trees and working vineyards, is […]

“Hope is the thing that is left to us…” by The Rev. Polly Robb

November 28, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Sermon First Sunday of Advent, Year C Happy New Year! Today the Church begins its new year. The Christian year begins not with the poinsettias of Christmas, but rather with […]

“Making all things new,” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

November 7, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

All Saints Sunday Sermon, Year B; November 7, 2021 Happy All Saints Sunday—we choose this Sunday to celebrate, even though All Saints Day was actually last Monday, as always on […]

“Give us a conscience quick to feel,” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

October 10, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

20th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23 Year B Sunday, October 10, 2021 Mark 10:17-31 We know this gospel story; if we’ve been […]

“Have salt in yourselves…” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

September 26, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year B September 24, 2021 “For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season […]

“Let the words of my mouth…” by The Rev. Polly Robb

September 12, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B September 12, 2021 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, * O Lord, my strength […]

“Be Opened,” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

September 5, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B; September 5th, 2021 One word. Jesus took the deaf man aside, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears; he […]