Sunshine Cathedral Sermons

Embrace Your Authority and Cast Them Out

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:18 +0000

Embrace Your Authority and Cast Them Out Rev. Tania Guzman, M.Div. As we have seen by our gospel readings each week, the gospel of Mark is moving very fast. We are still in the first chapter and we have already gone through John the baptizer, Jesus’ baptism, his temptation in the wilderness, the beginning of [...]

Fishing Lessons

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:23:48 +0000

Fishing Lessons Rev. Dr. Mona West Jan. 29, 2012 – Sunshine Cathedral In these verses from Mark’s gospel we see Jesus at his first day on the job. Mark’s gospel has no birth narrative or genealogy of Jesus. Instead it begins with Jesus ‘all growed up’ as my Mamaw would say. In this story, read [...]

Knowing Where to Look

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:12:19 +0000

Knowing Where to Look Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins Jan. 22, 2012 (Sunshine Cathedral) The Deuteronomy reading this morning tells us that the divine word is in our hearts. St. Paul says today that the divine wisdom we call Christ offers water, or flowing spirit to all people; and that Paul interprets the water filled rock [...]

The Baptismal Dream

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:54:17 +0000

The Baptismal Dream Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins Jan. 15, 2012 Wade in the water; wade in the water children. Wade in the water; God’s gonna trouble the water. This is baptism of Jesus Sunday (it’s also Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday – and we’ll see how they relate to each other, but first, let’s look [...]

It’s Time for an Epiphany

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:30:53 +0000

It’s Time for an Epiphany Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins Jan. 8, 2012 – Sunshine Cathedral In seminary three of us were chatting over coffee about what we’d like people to say about us our own funeral. My friend Elsa said, “I want someone to say that I was a very good preacher.” My friend Christa [...]

No Day But Today

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:34:26 +0000

No Day But Today Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins New Year’s Day 2012 It’s a new day and a new year and we have an amazing opportunity to seize the newness at hand and to do incredible things with it! Take a minute right now and remember something wonderful from the past. Remember some of those [...]

Christmas is About Change

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:49:38 +0000

Christmas is About Change December 25, 2011 Rev. Dr. Robert Griffin Sunshine Cathedral MCC As we gather this Christmas day, my guess is that we are all probably somewhat familiar with this portion of our gospel reading found in Luke. We may have studied it, read it or heard various version of this story plucked [...]

The Least, the Lowly, & the Love of God

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:30:30 +0000

The Least, the Lowly, & the Love of God Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins Advent 4, 2011 Of course, as we get closer and closer to Christmas, we tend to focus more and more on love. Now, we all have affection for our pets, our friends, some of us are even very fond of our possessions. [...]

Whatever Happened to Joy?

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:22:41 +0000

Whatever Happened to Joy? Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins Advent 3, 2011 Dr. Seuss’s Grinch, as we all know, was bitter, mean, selfish, and utterly antagonistic to everyone who sought joy in their lives. But as the people of Whooville clung tenaciously to the power of joy, even in the midst of loss and disappointment, they [...]

The Path to Peace

webminister@sunshinecathedral.org — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:16:49 +0000

The Path to Peace Rev. Elder Dr. Nancy Wilson, Presiding Elder/Moderator, MCC Preached at Sunshine Cathedral 2nd Sunday of Advent: December 4, 2011 Good morning! Wonderful to be at Sunshine Cathedral MCC – thank you, Pastor Durrell, for your kind invitation, and for this tradition of inviting me to be with you in Advent! Thank [...]