Sermons, Studies, and Discussions with St. Aidan's Church in Nicholasville, KY - an intentional, missional community in the Anglican tradition.
Homily for May 25th, 2025Easter 6 (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsJoel 2:21-27 Psalm 67 Rev 20:11-21:5 John 14:21-29
Homily for May 18th, 2025Easter 5 (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsLeviticus 19:1-18 Psalm 145Revelation 19:1-9 John 13:31-35
Homily for May 11th, 2025Easter 4 (Year C) - Good Shepherd SundayHomilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary Readings Numbers 27:12-23 Psalm 100 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30
Homily for May 4th, 2025Easter 3 (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary Readings Jeremiah 32:36-41 Psalm 33 Revelation 5:1-14 John 21:1-14
Homily for April 27th, 2025Easter 2 (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary Readings Job 42:1-6Psalm 111 Revelation 1:1-6John 20:19-31
Homily for April 20th, 2025Easter Sunday (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsIsaiah 65:17-251 Corinthians 15:19-26Luke 24:1-12Psalm 118
Homily for April 17th, 2025Maundy Thursday (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsExodus 12:1-4, 11-141 Corinthians 11:23-26John 13:1-17, 31b-35Psalm 116:1, 10-17
Homily for March 30th, 2025The 4th Sunday in Lent (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Elijah LuikhamSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsJoshua 5:9-12 Psalm 342 Corinthians 5:17-21 Luke 15:11-32
Homily for March 23rd, 2025The 3rd Sunday in Lent (Year C)Homilist: Rev. Dcn. Jenny DorfSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsExodus 3:1-151 Corinthians 10:1-13Luke 13:1-9Psalm 63
A presentation led by Fr. Lee on the topic of Solitude and Silence in the Christian Life.This talk was originally given at the Clergy Retreat for the Kentucky/Southern-Central Ohio Deaneries (ADGL/ACNA) on March 21st, 2025.
Homily for March 16th, 2025The 2nd Sunday in Lent (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsGenesis 15:1-18Hebrews 11:6-11Luke 13:31-35Psalm 27
Homily for March 9th, 2025The 1st Sunday in Lent (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsDeuteronomy 26:5-11 Psalm 91Romans 10:4-13 Luke 4:1-13
Homily for March 2nd, 2025The Last Sunday before Lent (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsExodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 1 Corinthians 12:27—13:13 Luke 9:28-36
Homily for February 23rd, 2025The 2nd Sunday before Lent (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsGenesis 45:3-11Psalm 37:8-17 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 Luke 6:27-38
Homily for February 16th, 2025The 6th Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsJeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26
Homily for January 26th, 2024The 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsIsaiah 61:1-4Psalm 1131 Corinthians 12:12-27 Luke 4:14-21
Homily for February 9th, 2024The 5th Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJSt. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KYwww.jessamineanglicans.orgLectionary ReadingsJudges 6:11-24Psalm 851 Corinthians 15:1-11Luke 5:1-11
Homily for January 19th, 2024 The 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C) Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 62:1-5 Psalm 32 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11
Homily for January 5th, 2024 The Vigil of Epiphany Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm 84 Ephesians 1:3-14 Matthew 2:1-12
Homily for December 29th, 2024 The 1st Sunday of Christmas Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 61:10—62:5 Psalm 147 Revelation 12:7-12 John 1:1-18
Homily for December 25th, 2024 Christmas Morning Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 9:1-7 Luke 2:15-20
Homily for December 22nd, 2024 The 4th Sunday of Advent Homilist: Dcn. Jesse Alexander, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Micah 5:2-5a Magnificat Hebrews 10:1-10 Luke 1:39-56
Homily for December 15th, 2024 The 3rd Sunday of Advent - Gaudate Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Zephaniah 3:14-20 Psalm 85 Philippians 4:4-9 Luke 3:7-20
Homily for December 8th, 2024 The 2nd Sunday of Advent Homilist: Dcn Jenny Dorf St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Malachi 3:1-5 Psalm 126 1 Cor 4:8-21 Luke 3:1-6
Is the Book of Revelation a prediction of the events surrounding the end of the world? Is it a code or blueprint for determining the key players and signs? Or is St. John giving us something more like a playbook for the whole of the Christian life? Welcome to "Revelation for the Rest of Us"! Over the next several weeks, we will be reading and engaging with the major themes of the book by Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the Revelation, and to discover how the images and stories intersect with our daily lives, then & now! In this Episode: We take a brief pause to hear the reflections of Eugene Peterson, from his beautiful book "Reversed Thunder" - which you can find from the publisher or through your preferred bookseller. Additionally, if you would like a copy of the poster outlining John's Revelation, you can download a copy for free from The Bible Project We highly encourage you to pick up a copy of McKnight and Matchett's book from their publisher, or wherever you purchase books. You can download an image of our whiteboard at THIS LINK
Homily for December 1st, 2024 The 1st Sunday of Advent Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Zechariah 14:3-9 Psalm 50 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:25-33
Is the Book of Revelation a prediction of the events surrounding the end of the world? Is it a code or blueprint for determining the key players and signs? Or is St. John giving us something more like a playbook for the whole of the Christian life? Welcome to "Revelation for the Rest of Us"! Over the next several weeks, we will be reading and engaging with the major themes of the book by Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the Revelation, and to discover how the images and stories intersect with our daily lives, then & now! In this Episode: The clip of John Behr is from a longer roundtable course "Discussing Revelation", available to purchase from Open Table Conference We highly encourage you to pick up a copy of McKnight and Matchett's book from their publisher, or wherever you purchase books. You can download an image of our whiteboard at THIS LINK
Homily for November 24th, 2024 The Last Sunday before Advent, Christ the King Sunday Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Daniel 7:9-14 Psalm 93 Revelation 1:1-8 John 18:33-37
Is the Book of Revelation a prediction of the events surrounding the end of the world? Is it a code or blueprint for determining the key players and signs? Or is St. John giving us something more like a playbook for the whole of the Christian life? Welcome to "Revelation for the Rest of Us"! Over the next several weeks, we will be reading and engaging with the major themes of the book by Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the Revelation, and to discover how the images and stories intersect with our daily lives, then & now! In this Episode: Check out this wonderful piece of poetry from Malcolm Guite - "Your Poetry is Jamming My Machine" The clip of Cherith Nordling is from a longer roundtable course "Discussing Revelation", available to purchase from Open Table Conference We highly encourage you to pick up a copy of McKnight and Matchett's book from their publisher, or wherever you purchase books. You can download an image of our whiteboard at THIS LINK
Homily for November 17th, 2024 The 25th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 28 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Daniel 12:1-4 Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:31-39 Mark 13:14-23
Is the Book of Revelation a prediction of the events surrounding the end of the world? Is it a code or blueprint for determining the key players and signs? Or is St. John giving us something more like a playbook for the whole of the Christian life? Welcome to "Revelation for the Rest of Us"! Over the next several weeks, we will be reading and engaging with the major themes of the book by Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the Revelation, and to discover how the images and stories intersect with our daily lives, then & now! We highly encourage you to pick up a copy of McKnight and Matchett's book from their publisher, or wherever you purchase books. You can download an image of our whiteboard at THIS LINK
Homily for November 10th, 2024 The 24th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 27 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings 1 Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44
Homily for November 3rd, 2024 The 23rd Sunday after Trinity, Proper 26 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Psalm 119 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 12:28-34
Is the Book of Revelation a prediction of the events surrounding the end of the world? Is it a code or blueprint for determining the key players and signs? Or is St. John giving us something more like a playbook for the whole of the Christian life? Welcome to "Revelation for the Rest of Us"! Over the next several weeks, we will be reading and engaging with the major themes of the book by Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the Revelation, and to discover how the images and stories intersect with our daily lives, then & now! We highly encourage you to pick up a copy of McKnight and Matchett's book from their publisher, or wherever you purchase books. You can download an image of our whiteboard at THIS LINK Finally, you'll find the video from The Bible Project on Apocalyptic Literature by clicking THIS LINK
Welcome to our Halloween Special! Join Fr. Lee for a little spooky fun, as he shares a couple of his favorite seasonal stories. WARNING: the stories here are spooky - not scary, just thrilling. But if that might upset you, then just skip it and wait for the Sunday sermon! If you're still on-the-fence, let me share a short poem I include along with our Halloween candy each year: "On the Eve of All Saints' Day,Jack-o-Lanterns light the way.God's children need no longer fearthe ghosts and goblins gathered here.For evil ghouls with icy breathmust bow to Him who conquered death." Stories in this episode: 'Rattle of Bones" (1929)and the poems "The Ghost Kings" (1938 -posthumous)and “The Song of the Bats” (1927) by Robert E. Howard Have a safe Hallowmas friends! music provided by: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/friendly-ghost License code: LRQDYLPOAJEMRXF2 https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/classic-horror-1 License code: CY6UWUPRSDMS7S3Z
Homily for October 27th, 2024 The 22nd Sunday after Trinity, Proper 25 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 59:9-20 Psalm 13 Hebrews 6:1-8 Mark 10:46-52
Homily for October 20th, 2024 The 21st Sunday after Trinity, Proper 24 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 53:4-8 Psalm 95 Hebrews 4:3-16 Mark 10:35-45
Homily for October 13th, 2024 The 20th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 23 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Amos 5:6-15 Psalm 90 Hebrews 3:1-6 Mark 10:17-31
Homily for October 6th, 2024 The 19th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 22 Homilist: Fr. Elijah Luikham St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Genesis 2:18-24 Psalm 8 Hebrews 2:9-18 Mark 10:2-16
Homily for September 29th, 2024 The Feast of St. Michael and all the Angels Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Magnificat (the Song of Mary) Revelation 12:7-12 John 12:27-36
Homily for September 22nd, 2024 The 17th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 20 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Wisdom 1:16—2:22 Psalm 54 James 3:16—4:6 Mark 9:30-41
Homily for September 15th, 2024 The 16th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 19 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 50:4-9 Psalm 116 James 2:1-18 Mark 9:14-29
Homily for September 8th, 2024 The 15th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 18 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 35:4-10 Psalm 146 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:31-37
Homily for September 1st, 2024 The Feast of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Psalm 34 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Matthew 19:27-30
Homily for August 25th, 2024 The 13th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 16 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Joshua 24:1-25 Psalm 34 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:59-69
Homily for August 18th, 2024 The 12th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 15 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 147 Ephesians 5:15;-20 John 6:53-59
Homily for August 11th, 2024 The 11th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 14 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Psalm 34 Ephesians 4:17-5:2 John 6:35-51
Homily for August 4th, 2024 The 10th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 13 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Exodus 16:9-15 Psalm 78 Ephesians 4:1-6 John 6:24-35
Homily for July 28th, 2024 The 9th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 12 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Exodus 14:19-31 The Song of Moses Ephesians 3:1-8 Mark 6:45-52
Homily for July 21st, 2024 The 8th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 11 Homilist: The Right Reverend Allen Kannapell St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 57:14-21 Psalm 22:23-31 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-44
Homily for July 14th, 2024 The 7th Sunday after Trinity, Proper 9 Homilist: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 57:14-21 Psalm 22:23-31 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-44