“Still through the cloven skies they come…
… with peaceful wings unfurled, and still their heavenly music floats o’er all the weary world; above its sad and lowly plains, they bend on hovering wing, and ever o’er its babel sounds the blessed angels sing.”
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Text: Edmund Sears, Melody: Richard Willis
Find links to homilies and sermons – often preached extemporaneously “from the crossing” (or center aisle of the Nave where the transepts would traditionally come together to form the shape of a cross in a Gothic church).
The scripture readings are taken from The Revised Common Lectionary in use by many mainline denominations, and follow the the liturgical calendar of the Western Church (as opposed to the Orthodox Church) as interpreted by the Episcopal Church in the United States and its Territories, and the Church of England as part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The YouTube Archive is courtesy of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, and a more complete archive of sermons, preachers, and services may be found HERE.
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About the Preacher
Paul has served parishes of many sizes – mainly in the Midwest. Often drawing on metaphors from history, literature, the entertainment industry, and travel through life, he seeks God’s presence in the everyday – and particularly in the grace found in humor and the unusual.
