Sunday, January 13, 2019 ~ Baptism of Christ Sermon: “What Is This All About?” Gospel Lesson: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 © 2018, Dr. Tamilio When the Rigoli’s chose today for the baptism of Cecelia, I wonder if they knew that it was the day on the liturgical calendar when we commemorate Jesus’ baptism. How serendipitous! Here […]
Sunday, January 6, 2019 ~ All Saints Sunday Gospel Lesson: Sermon: “Presence” Matthew 2:1-12 © 2018, Dr. Tamilio If you attended the pageant a few weeks ago, you saw the Oscar-quality performance I gave playing Herod — how I died after giving instructions to the Wise Men to find the new born King of the […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Sunday, November 25, 2018 ~ Christ the King Sunday Sermon: “Two Crowns” © 2018, Dr. Tamilio This is an interesting day. Because of the way the days fell on the calendar this year, we have a week between Thanksgiving Sunday and the First Sunday of Advent. Christ the King Sunday […]
Temple B’nai Tikvah Interfaith Service Sunday, November 18, 2018 Sermon: “An Attitude of Gratitude” Dr. John Tamilio III © 2018, Dr. Tamilio I bring you greetings on behalf of the members and friends of the Congregational Church of Canton and our denomination: the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. We Congregationalists are the […]
Thanksgiving Sunday, November 18, 2018 Sermon: “Our Holy Day” Dr. John Tamilio III © 2018, Dr. Tamilio I A friend of mine, who is a rabbi in Kansas City, often says that Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday, because it is the only interfaith religious holiday that we have. Now to some extent, he is absolutely correct. Americans […]
Sunday, November 11, 2018 ~ Pentecost 25 Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Sermon: “Total Dependence” Gospel Lesson: Mark 12:38-44 © 2018, Dr. Tamilio I think that many preachers often miss the point of today’s Gospel lesson, or at least they short change it (no pun intended). They stand in their pulpits and say, “The widow […]
Sunday, November 4, 2018 ~ Pentecost 24 Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Sermon: “’Christian’ Ethics” Gospel Lesson: Mark 12:28-34 © 2018, Dr. Tamilio Ethics. Moral Philosophy. Knowing right from wrong. How we are supposed to live our lives. Many thinkers throughout history have offered answers as to the question what does it take to live […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Sunday, October 28, 2018 ~ All Saints Sunday Sermon: “The Unfriendly Atheist” © 2018, Dr. Tamilio This has been a very interesting week. After my recent article appeared in The Canton Citizen, an organization called The Friendly Atheist wrote an article bashing me and what I wrote. These “Friendly” Atheists […]
Sunday, October 21, 2018 ~ Pentecost XXII Sermon: “The Problem with Evil, Part II” Gospel Lesson: Job 38:1-7 (34-41) © 2018, Dr. Tamilio We’re not playing it today, but there is that great contemporary Christian song by Rich Mullins that declares, “Our God is an awesome God, he reigns from Heaven above with wisdom, power, […]
To Pray or Not to Pray: That Is the Question Dr. John Tamilio III The church I am proud to serve, the Congregational Church of Canton (in Massachusetts), has been in the news as of late. Some background to the story is needed. I was invited to deliver the prayer of invocation at the Canton […]