Sermons

by the Rev. Robert C. Laird We can be honest with each other, I think: Today’s Gospel is a struggle, and it has been for centuries of Christians.

by the Rev. Robert C. Laird This has been a difficult week for the seminary I attended, the General Theological Seminary (or GTS) in New York City.

by the Rev. Robert C. Laird Today I’d like to begin with an image from Shakespeare, and I hope you’ll forgive me for it; let me explain.

by the Rev. Robert C. Laird (No text of this sermon is available, for reasons that are explained about 5 seconds into the recording)

by the Rev. Robert C. Laird I’ve been reflecting on the church lately, on why exactly we gather, and what exactly churches do.

There’s an old joke about church folks—actually, there’s lots of them, in varying degrees of appropriateness for telling from a pulpit… but the joke about church folks that I’m thinking of goes like … Read More

by the Rev. Robert C. Laird

  by the Rev. Robert C. Laird The Gospel today, with its story of feeding the multitudes, is the only miracle story that is included in each of the four Gospels. This … Read More