The sermon text is below the sermon video. https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/seventh-sunday-of-easter-5-29-2022.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal, Washington NC; Sunday May 29th 2022 The Reverend Alan Neale ; “Freedom in Pain” Psalm 137:4 “How can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign, strange land?” This weekend we remember again with thanksgiving all those who have given their… Continue reading →

The question of John 5 “Do you want to be made well?” is stunning but almost eclipsed by the sick man’s refusal to acknowledge and respond to the question! The sermon text is below the sermon videos in church. https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/sixth-sunday-of-easter-5-22-2022.html Sermon Preached at Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC Sunday May 22nd The Reverend Alan Neale… Continue reading →

The sermon text is below the sermon videos… Video in church… https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/third-sunday-of-easter-5-1-2022.html Video in office…   Sermon preached at Zion Church, Washington, NC; Sunday May 1st 2022 The Reverend Alan Neale; “Your Dasmascus Road” The questions “Are you saved?”, or “When did you become a Christian” are not actually part of the lingua franca, the… Continue reading →

The sermon text follows the sermon audio. Gospel and Sermon Live in Church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfN0dKk-ii4&t=395s Easter Day, April 17 2022. Zion Episcopal, Washington, NC. Alan Neale. On the glorious festival day, I want to speak to you of Mistaken Identity. But before I do I share with you what I learned from an Episcopal Bishop some… Continue reading →

The sermon text follows the sermon videos (one in my office, one in church) https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/good-friday-4-15-2022.html Sermon “I thirst”. Good Friday 4/15/22. Alan Neale. Zion Episcopal, Washington, NC 27889 St. John 19:28 “Jesus, aware that all had now come to its appointed end, said in fulfilment of Scripture, ‘I thirst.’”On the Cross we hear Jesus in… Continue reading →

Oh I so very much wanted to preach on the story of Moses and the Burning Bush… and yet the daily horrors of Russian destruction of Ukraine compelled me to preach on today’s Gospel that deals, in the beautifully oblique way of Jesus, with judgment. The sermon text is below the sermon video. Sermon preached… Continue reading →

The sermon text is below the sermon audio.   Ash Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC The Reverend Alan Neale “If God made it, He loves it” Some years ago, in Philadelphia, I took up canvas, needle and thread and began to needlepoint. The unique joy of creating something that I could… Continue reading →