Sermon preached at the Ordination of Jane Tillman on December 14, 2013 at Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield.

Carla McCormick, Jane Tillman, Bishop Doug Fisher, Cecilia Jones, Fr. Tom, Natalie Boyce. Jane is wearing a stole knitted by Carla.

President Kennedy was shot on Friday, November 22. It is in looking back that we are assured . . . that Christ the King promises salvation and that we will one day be with him in paradise.

Giving something back to God first from what we have received is a powerful way of resetting our perspective from the gloomy outlook of scarcity to that attitude of gratitude….

Jesus reassures them that the faith they already possess is sufficient, even if it appears to them to require some increase – and that faith will surely grow.

In marriage, two people take the ordinary stuff of their lives and with joy and pain, and miraculously, make something new. At Cana of Galilee, Jesus did this ….