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The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
First Sunday after the Epiphany

I wish I could say, “Follow me,” or “I need you to do something,” and people would drop their nets and do it. Jesus is able…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
First Sunday after the Epiphany

Have you ever walked into a room to realize, “I don’t belong here?” You hope others there would agree. As a hospice chaplain, I had to…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Third Sunday of Advent

Thanks goodness Luke tells a story worthy of a Christmas pageant. Imagine a children’s pageant with no shepherds abiding in fields; no angels lighting up the skies…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Second Sunday of Advent

Have you ever met a genuine “died in the wool” New Testament Christian? They can be scary. Years ago captive in an examination chair, my optometrist tells…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

You can tell we are getting toward the end of the Church Year. Sunday readings are become dark and ominous: warnings about dumping any false gods you…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

High drama and a cheering crowd follow Jesus on his final entrance into Jerusalem. On his way home, he stops by the Temple, causing such a scene…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

In this world we can be assured of two things – death and taxes. And when death comes, let’s pray taxes won’t follow us into eternity. If…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Call me socially insecure, but I would hate to show up wearing shorts, a Lady Gaga t-shirt and flip flops when everyone else is wearing a…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

“It’s been a busy week,” not in Lake Wobegon, as Garrison Keillor would say, but in Jerusalem. Let’s step back and set the stage a bit. On…

Sermon
The Rev. Dr. C. Steven Teague, Rector
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

After the service, a parishioner offered his unsolicited feedback to my sermon: “What do you know about running a business anyway? Paying workers that way is not…