Sermons at St. Andrew’s
December 21, 2025 | The Rev. Andrew Van Kirk
Emmanuel: God-With-Us and
Us-With-God
God is not Alenuel (God-Against-Us), Tachteynuel (God-Under-Us), or "Menuel" (God-Away-From-Us), but Emmanuel (God-With-Us), with us in Christ through every aspect of existence from birth to death. Because He is fully "God-With-Us," He secures our eternal hope and identity as "Us-With-God."
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Cleaning Out our Cathedrals
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Prayers to Pray Better
You cannot pray wrong, but you can probably pray better; most of all don't stop praying.
The Daily Office: More Than Chocolate Chip Pancakes
The power of daily devotion and prayer, like The Daily Office, is that it contains more than just the things we want but also the things we need, sustaining us through the moments when the best we can to God is “I want… to want… to want you.”
The Lord is My Song
The music of the church creates the framework for us to see and understand and witness to where and how God is moving in our own lives.
Instructed Eucharist & Baptism
By knowing more about what we’re doing in worship, understanding more about what we’re doing, we can do it with greater fullness of heart, mind, and body, and experience more of the grace the Lord has for us in worship.