Thomas Alexander

Preached on Friday, November 1, 2024, All Saints’ Day, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. Jesus said to Martha, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40). As a boy and as an adult, I sang Lesbia Scott’s hymn each and every year, just as we…

Preached on Sunday, October 20, 2024, the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. I preach this morning on our passage from the book of Job: “The LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will…

Preached on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Camp Mitchell on Petit Jean Mountain for the Board of Visitors. “Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around Him that He got into the boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And [Jesus] told…

Preached on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From God’s Revelation to Saint John: “War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, but they were defeated, and there was no longer any…

Preached on Sunday, September 15, 2024, the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. This morning, I preach on a mashal of King Solomon, one of his proverbs: “Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the…

Preached on Sunday, September 1, 2024, the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From the Song of Solomon: “The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing…

Preached on Sunday, August 25, 2024, the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. This morning, we take up our fifth and final portion of the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, and this week, John’s Gospel has some questions for us. Now, my theology teacher, Kate Sonderegger, frequently tells her students, “You know,…

Preached on Sunday, August 11, 2024, the Twelfth after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. From John’s Gospel: “The Jews began to complain about [Jesus] because He said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven’…[But] Jesus answered [the Jews], ‘Do not complain among yourselves’” (John 6:41, 43). This is our third Sunday in…

Preached on Sunday, July 14, 2024, the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. “Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, [and] brought his head on a platter…” (Mark 6:27–28). One can only wonder how Colin chose…

Preached on Sunday, June 16, 2024, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock. This morning, I preach on a verse from 1 Samuel (and for those of you already collecting Thomas Alexander trivia, 1 Samuel is easily my most treasured book in the whole Bible). Here’s the verse: “the LORD does not…