Congregation of St. Thomas the Doubter

04/17/2023

We're excited to announce our new sermon podcast! If you've missed worship, you can catch up on the go by listening to our sermon podcast. The podcast is new but episodes from the beginning of the year are available.

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‎Religion & Spirituality · 2023

12/05/2022

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent

What this means is that there is no stump that God can not only bring forth a shoot from but bring forth a shoot that can change our lives.

01/17/2022

The sermon for the second Sunday after Epiphany: a reflection on the story of turning water into wine and on what it says about the surprising nature of God's grace.

Because I just can’t stop thinking how surprising it was. The way that the old rabbis always talked about how surprising God’s grace was. How surprising it was that God chose Moses. How surprising that God chose David. God was always doing things in surprising places and at surprising times with...

01/03/2022

Sermon from tonight's service for Epiphany Sunday.

And so, it’s interesting to me to read this story and see how it was that the magi found the Christ child. Though they consulted with the scribes and got the answer from the scriptures, the scribes and scriptures were not enough to help them find Jesus. To do that, they had to follow the star. The...

12/25/2021

A reflection for Christmas on the powerful message of the Incarnation. Merry Christmas to all, with prayers for a safe and healthy holiday.

The true power of the Christmas story is that the Word of God, that creative spirit of God through whom all things were made, the Wisdom of God, the Self-Revelation of God—that Word should become flesh and dwell among us.

10/14/2021

Sermon from this past Sunday, reflecting on the story of the man with many possessions and camels who go through the eye of a needle.

We can comfortably rely on that grace and that empowers us to live lives that transform the world. When we follow in the path of discipleship, our work becomes the witness not the requirement. It becomes the fruit of salvation not the necessary step for it. And it becomes the visible sign of God’s...

09/27/2021

The sermon from yesterday's worship.

Jesus’ statement does the opposite: it declares that whoever isn’t against us is for us, making friends of all who do not profess enmity.

09/07/2021

A very happy Rosh Hashanah to our Jewish brothers and sisters. May you be inscribed for a good year.

לשנה טובה תכתיבו

09/04/2021

We meant it when we said that we would provide casseroles to members of the community in need, both literal and metaphorical. Here's a way to help us provide the literal ones.

Use the form below to submit your casserole recipe for our Casserole Ministry!

09/02/2021

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

It is a recommitment to genuine and authentic community, grounded in love, embodying grace, and providing support and nurture to its members.