Church for the Highlands: Recent Episodes
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Lessons from Philip's encounter with a Eunuch from Ethiopia. Fifth Sunday of Easter, Sunday, April 28, 2024.
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. John Henson on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 14,2024. Luke 24:36-48
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. John Henson on the Third Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2024. Loving God and neighbor are intertwined, as noted in the lessons this morning.
Sermon on the essentials of following Jesus today from Mark 8:31-38, by the Rev. Dr. John Henson on the Second Sunday in Lent, February 25,2024.
Sermon on the First Sunday in Lent, February 18, 2024 by the Rev. Dr. John Henson. Mark 1:9-15.
Sermon on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, the Transfiguration of Jesus, Sunday, February 11, 2024. The Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. John Henson on the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, January 14, 2023. When Philip and Nathanael saw Jesus, they followed him.
First Sunday after the Epiphany, January 7, 2024
What we learn about God from Jesus' baptism.
Christmas Eve Service at Episcopal Church for the Highlands, 5:00 pm service. December 24, 2023.
Sermon on the Third Sunday of Advent about the joy discovered by Israel in exile and Mary in captivity.
Finding peace in an unbalanced world.
Sermon by The Rev. Dr. John Henson on the 2nd Sunday of Advent.
A sermon by The Rev. Dr. John Henson at Episcopal Church for the Highlands about what happens when we, like Moses, allow God to lead us.
Deuteronomy 34:1-12.
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Sermon by The Rev. Dr. John Henson on Sunday, October 1, 2023
Episcopal Church for the Highlands
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. John Henson on the occasion of Church for the Highlands 13th Anniversary.
Exodus 14:19-31
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Sermon from The Rev. Dr. John Henson on Sunday, August 27, 2023
How do we respond to Jesus' question to his disciples(Matthew 16:13-20), "Who do you say that I am?"
Sermon by The Rev. Dr. John Henson on Sunday, August 20, 2023
Lessons for today from Joseph and how he handled the bad things in his life. Genesis 45:1-15
Sermon on Transfiguration of Our Lord feast day, Sunday, August 6, 2023 by The Rev. Dr. John Henson
Delivered by the Rev. Dr. John Henson on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2023
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Sermon on the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Dr. John Henson.
What Paul's words in Romans 6:12-23 have to say to us today about freedom and responsibility.
Learning about our story from a man born blind in John 9:1-41
Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 19, 2023
The Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon from 2 Peter 1:16-21 about the church's need to stay attentive.
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Sunday, February 19, 2023
A sermon from The Rt. Rev. Jacob Owensby, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana on the occasion of his visit to St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Sunday, January 29, 2023
2nd Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2022
Sermon on Isaiah 11:1-10
The Rev. Dr. John Henson
The first sermon in our stewardship series, Flow. How to get in the abundant flow of God's abundant generosity and how to share it with others around us.
Colossians 1:11-20
The Rev. Dr. John Henson
Luke 21:5-19
Jesus told the disciples what would happen to them in the days ahead as they followed him and how to respond. Followers of Jesus today, encountering obstacles on their journey, find wisdom and help in these same words.
The Rev. Dr. John Henson
Jesus pursued Zacchaeus, a crooked man in a crooked tree. In the same way, Jesus pursues us.
Luke 19
Rev. Dr. John Henson
How Jesus responds to the ten lepers in Luke 17 and what this means for our healing today.
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Learning from Elijah and Elisha, Jesus and the disciples what job God has for us to do in the world and what is required.
Third Sunday after Pentecost, Sunday, June 26, 2022.
Learning from Elijah and a demon-possessed man about what to do when things around and within us are spinning out of control.
Luke 8:26-39; 1 Kings 19:1-15a
Rev. Dr. John Henson
A sermon on Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022
Church for the Highlands and St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Shreveport, LA
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. More words from Jesus to his followers about what he is leaving behind for them after he departs.
Sermon on the Fifth Sunday of Easter
Jesus instructs his followers with a new commandment--to love one another as he has loved them. He then demonstrated such love by washing their feet.
What we learn from Peter and other disciples when they encounter the risen Jesus around a campfire.
Identifying with Mary Magdalene's emotions at the empty tomb and with the risen Christ
Easter Sunday, April 17, 2024
A sermon given by Rev. Dr. John Henson at the annual Volunteers of America of North Louisiana Holy Week Service
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at Church for the Highlands
What we learn from Martha, Mary, and Lazarus' dinner party
Fifth Suday in Lent, April 3, 2022
3 things we find when we return home to God as the younger son returned to his father in Jesus' parable of the prodigal son. Luke 15.
Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 27, 2022.
Rev. Dr. John Henson.
Jesus tells a story about a fig tree as a lesson about the work that is necessary for fruitfulness.
Luke 13:1-9
Third Sunday in Lent, March 20, 2022
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Learning from Jesus and Joseph how to handle enemies. Luke 6: 27-38, Genesis 45:3-11,15. Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany.
What we can learn from Jesus about living on purpose—for the benefit of others with risks and resources. Luke4:21-30 John Henson
Jesus talks to his hometown about his purpose and identity after reading from Isaiah. Luke 4:11-21.
Sermon on the second Sunday after Epiphany, January 16, 2022. The Wedding at Cana. John 2:1-11. Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon delivered on the Second Sunday after Christmas, January 2, 2022, and for Epiphany
Church for the Highlands, Shreveport, LA
By Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon for Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021
Luke 3:1-6
at Church for the Highlands, Shreveport, LA
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon on how and where to find hope in our world these days. Jeremiah 33:14-16
First Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2021
Church for the Highlands
Rev. Dr. John Henson
What we are to do in light of knowing what God has accomplished for us in Jesus: moving close to God, holding fast to our confession, and continuing to meet together. Hebrews 10:11-25
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Church for the Highlands
Sermon on All Saints' Sunday, November 7, 2021
Being aware of where God is, where they (the departed), and where we are.
Church for the Highlands
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Loving God and neighbor mindfully, faithfully, and sacrificially.
Mark 12:48-32
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Sermon on Sunday, October 17, 2021 Hebrews 5:1-10 Finding our place in the universe by looking at the calling, humility, and submission of Jesus.
Sermon from Hebrews 4:12-16 on our invitation to draw near to God in difficult times
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Seeing, hearing, and experiencing God's reflection in difficult times. A sermon by Rev. Dr. John Henson, Sunday, October 3, 2021
What, why, when, and how to pray, according to James 5:13-20
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Jesus tells his disciples, who were debating who among them was the greatest, that whoever wants to be first must be last and servant of all.
Mark 9:70-37
How to have God's heart for the poor and vulnerable
Sermon on Sunday, September 5, 2021 James 2:1-17, Proverbs 22, Mark 7:24-37
Church for the Highlands, Shreveport, LA
Rev. Dr. John Henson
Sermon on James 1:17-27 about what "true religion" means
Sunday, August 29, 2021
By Rev. Dr. John Henson
How we can get wisdom from God. 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Ephesians 5:15-20 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, August 15, 2021 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Dr. John Henson
on First Sunday after Epiphany
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Church for the Highlands, Shreveport, LA
Rev. Dr. John Henson
In his sermon on the mount, Jesus teaches the disciples how to reconcile relationships.
Characteristics of Jesus our role model for changing the world from Isaiah 42 and Matthew 4
Epiphany Sunday, 2020. Learning from the magi's response to the revelation of the Christ child
Hearing what John the Baptist has to say about preparing for the arrival of Jesus; Matthew 3:-12
Learning from Isaiah how, in the midst of darkness, to anchor to the "shalls" from God in Isaiah 2:1-5
First Sunday of Advent, 2019
A conversation at the gym and what Jesus has to say about being faithful (Luke 16:1-13)
When the Kingdom of God comes to town at the intersection of a crippled woman and Jesus in Luke 13:10-17