A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton BC on Easter Day, April 20, 2025 — The Very Rev. Ken Gray Let’s talk about stories: So who wrote the following? Les Misérables Victor HugoMurder she wrote Agatha ChristieWho we are Murray SinclairThe Gospel according to John Concerning the latter, yes, you are... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton BC // The Very Rev. Ken Gray No sermon today can avoid mention of the recent death and enduring legacy of Jimmy Carter. As Joe Biden put it, “decency, decency, decency.” My gosh, Jimmy Carter is one of us, a Christian, a progressive evangelical... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton BC on Christmas Eve 2024 -- The Very Rev. Ken Gray We all have our Christmas traditions. My own include hauling out Raymond Briggs books and videos including Father Christmas and The Snowman. I often watch the Alistair Sim version of Charles Dickens’ A... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the First Sunday of Advent -- Sunday, December 1st, 2024For the congregation of St. Saviour Anglican Church in Penticton, BC CanadaThe Very Rev. Ken Gray Sometimes you’ve just gotta sing. A United Church minister friend from many years ago used to say, “they’ll listen when you talk, but they’ll remember when you... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the Second Sunday of Pentecost SeasonSunday, June 2, 2024 St. Saviour Church, Penticton BCThe Very Rev. Ken Gray [Singing]1 Hushed was the evening hymn,the temple courts were dark;the lamp was burning dimbefore the sacred ark;when suddenly a Voice Divinerang through the silence of the shrine. [Spoken]2 The old man, meek and mild,the... Continue Reading →
A sermon for Sixth Sunday of EasterSunday, May 5th, 2024St. Saviour, PentictonKen Gray "The great living God of heaven and Earth who made the sea and all that swim in the waters, the skies and their flying birds, the solid land and all the creatures that grow, slither, burrow, lumber, or walk upon it on... Continue Reading →
A sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2024St. Saviour Anglican Church, Penticton, BC Having opened the murder-mystery floodgates last week—the tomb was empty, so no body, but we do know who killed him, Pilate and noisy voices within an unruly crowd—I cannot resist the temptation to continue with the genre of crime... Continue Reading →
For St. Saviour's Anglican Church in Penticton BC -- Sunday March 31, 2024 A VOICE IS HEARD IN RAMAH,HIROSHIMA, SALVADOR,WOMEN REFUSING COMFORTFOR THEIR CHILDREN ARE NO MORE;NO GARLAND OF LOVELY FLOWERSCAN DISPEL THE ANCIENT GRIEFOR SILENCE THE ANGUISHED VOICESTHAT ABHOR THE WAR MACHINE. This song was written by Coleen Fulmer, a lay Franciscan working in... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 