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What Now? What Next?: Entering into Complexity and Difference the Second Sunday of Easter
Artistic depiction of the story from Acts 5 this sermon explores – this is known as “the Altar of the Lie” at St. Peter’s Basilica, featuring a painting from Cristoforo Roncalli This sermon was given on Sunday April 7th at Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, MA, with some variations. The readings can be found here. If…
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Saved – or Doomed? – through Water, in Genesis, Gaza, and More: A Sermon for Lent 1
This sermon was given, with some variations, at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA on Feb. 18th, 2024. The readings can be found here. Photo by Hunter So on Unsplash. “…a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through the water. And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you.” In the name of the Father, the Son, and…
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“Follow Your Feet” into Illogical Mercy: A Sermon on Jonah, Desire for Comeuppance, and the Miracle of Responding to God’s Call
Spoiler alert but sometimes you just want Cersei to have died a more dramatic death??? Just me???This sermon was delivered, with some variations, on January 21st at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA. The readings for this Sunday can be found here. Specifically, this sermon explores Jonah 3:1-5, 10 and Mark 1:14-20. If you prefer…
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Anointed with Gladness: A Sermon on Wisdom, Warmth, & the Whys of Christmas
Lyuba Yatskiv. Sophia of Christ, 2015 – an artistic depiction of the connection between Jesus and a woman Wisdom figure. This sermon was given, with some variations, on Christmas morning, December 25th, 2023, at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA. It explored these readings, particularly Hebrews 1:1-12 and John 1:1-14. “…therefore God, your God, has anointed…
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Do Not Quench the (Compassionate, Joyful, Grateful, Wild) Spirit: A Sermon for Advent III
The above image is of 3 of the “Philadelphia Eleven,” whose story is explored later in this sermon: Alison Cheek, Carter Heyward, and Jeannette Ridlon Piccard. This sermon was given, with some variations, on Dec. 17th at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst. You can see the lectionary readings here. For the psalm, I used Psalm…
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Gracious Wisdom & A Difficult Groom: A Sermon for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Photo by Molly Blackbird on Unsplash This sermon was given Sunday, Nov. 12th, with some alterations, at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA. The readings can be found here. We used the track 2 readings, namely Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 and Matthew 25:1-13. If you prefer viewing sermons, you can watch here, at around the 41 minute mark.I…
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The Abundance (Not Redundance!) of Angels with a Guest Appearance by Pigeons: A Sermon for St. Michael and All Angels
Olya Kravchenko (Ukrainian, 1985–), Home, 2012. This sermon was given, with some variations, on Sept. 24th at the 9:30 a.m. service at Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst. We observed, as our patronal feast, St. Michael and All Angels (due to a glorious stained glass window at the back of our church). You can view the sermon in…
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“I Alone Am Left”: A Sermon on Elijah, Lonely Faithfulness, Church Decline, + More
Photo by DNK.PHOTO on Unsplash This sermon was given, with some variations, on the 9:30 a.m. August 13th, 2023 service at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst. You can see all the readings here: Proper 14, Year A (lectionarypage.net). We used the readings from Track 2. This sermon is primarily about 1 Kings 19:9-18 and Matthew…
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“But As For Me”: A Sermon on Pride, Shame, + A Psalm’s Invitation to Forge Our Own Path
This sermon was offered, with some variation, at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA on June 25th, 2023. The readings were primarily Psalm 69:8-11, (12-17), 18-20 & Matthew 10:24-39, which can be found here. If you’d prefer to view the sermon by video, you can watch it here starting around the 24 minute mark.“Those who…
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Blessed from the Beginning: A Sermon for Trinity Sunday
From the “blessing” story I share in the sermon This sermon was preached, with some variations, at Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, MA, at our 9:30 a.m. service on June 4th, 2023. You can view it by video here, starting at about 36:40. Readings for this Sunday can be found here; primarily, I focused on Genesis…