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The Rev. Meredith Holt Crigler | Trinity Episcopal Church, Baytown

A Selection of Sermons:

 

Dec 27, 2020

This too is a Christmas story. For John God’s dwelling with us did not start in Bethlehem among shepherds and magi but began before the dawn of creation.  The Word of God, to be incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ, has been with us from the very beginning. There was not, is not, and will not be a time when the...


Dec 25, 2020

The good news is that no matter what is going on in our life— God meets us where we are. No matter where we are, wherever our Bethlehem may be — God is with us and God loves us....Wherever your Bethlehem may be, may you receive the grace of God. God is with you. God loves you. 


Dec 20, 2020

The narrative of our lives is woven into God’s holy narrative. As people of God, I hope that we articulate our story in terms of God’s salvation story. This is the time of the year that we start to reflect on the year, and in the midst of creative dumpster fire ornaments commemorating 2020 you might be hanging on...


Dec 6, 2020

Isaiah is speaking the good news that God comforts the exiled. 

Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace thus saith our God…

God’s comfort for those who are exiled is the promise of return into the bosom of God. To those who are East in Babylon  in the wilderness the way of the Lord is prepared and through that...


Nov 29, 2020

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know summer is near..."

This is the weary, weighty world of the early Christians to whom Mark wrote. Look to the fig tree for summer is near and keep alert for as Jesus just said right before this in chapter...