Tag Archives: Patrick Wrisley

The Real GOAT, Isaiah 40:21-31

Posted on February 5, 2024 by patrick h wrisley

One of the most important people in any indigenous culture is the storyteller. These are the men and women who remind, preserve, and pass down vital knowledge of the community, its history, and its cultural traditions to future generations. In … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Eve Meditation, 2023

Posted on December 25, 2023 by patrick h wrisley

Delivered at First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls Luke 2:1–20 (NRSV) 2.1 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was … Continue reading →

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The Winsome News!, Mark 1:1-8

Posted on December 12, 2023 by patrick h wrisley

Sixty-three years before Jesus was born, the powers of Rome came and took control of what we know as Israel and Palestine. As we learn in the various Gospel stories, the Romans were an oppressive regime exercising their will at … Continue reading →

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Matthew’s Second Set of “Blessed Ares,” Matthew 25:31-46

Posted on November 27, 2023 by patrick h wrisley

Today, we’re reading what has been called the Sermon on the Judgment, or as the preacher that married Kelly and me 40 years ago calls it, “The Sermon on the Last Audit.”[1] It’s about how all of us will appear … Continue reading →

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You Should Try Doing This Sometimes!, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Posted on October 30, 2023 by patrick h wrisley

A sermon delivered by the Rev. Patrick H. Wrisley, D.Min. on October 29, 2023. The late Frank Harrington, the former pastor of the nation’s largest Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, tells the story of how he received an angry phone … Continue reading →

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