To Be A Disciple of Christ

Sermon | June 25, 2023

To watch the sermon click here. I remember a picture that hung on the wall of one of the Sunday School classrooms in the church where I grew up. It was a pastoral scene. Jesus was seated on a large stone beneath a tree, a tree unlike any I was familiar with in West Virginia.

Founding Church Members in the Age of the Holy Spirit

Sermon | April 23, 2023

In 2070 I will be 103 years old, and most likely in the columbarium here at Epiphany. And as you stroll by, that is, as some of you stroll by, I hope you say, “Oh, remember Doyt? He was Rector here for a long time.” Hopefully you won’t say, “too long.” Others of you will

We are the Samaritans

Sermon | March 12, 2023

Who were the Samaritans? We’ve all heard Jesus’s parable of the Good Samaritan, the religious outsider who compassionately cared for the poor man beaten and left for dead in the ditch. The man who had been avoided by the religious insiders, the Priest and the Levite, because they thought he might be dead and coming

Climbing the Mountain of Christianity

Sermon | February 19, 2023

Seven years ago, my sister Valerie and I set out to conquer Mount Rainier. The compulsion to climb that mountain set upon me the first time I saw it jutting up on the horizon as I drove south to the airport. There, single and solitary,a majestic point of power ripping out of the earth toward

Spiritual Non-Negotiables

Sermon | February 12, 2023

Good morning, Epiphany. There was a moment at the end of the Christmas holidays when irritation started to overtake me. My son Desmond asked me to drive him to the airport on a Tuesday at 4:30 in the morning. Now, I don’t mind getting up early, that wasn’t the issue. The issue was when I

The Repose of Tabitha

Sermon | May 8, 2022

Happy Mothers’ Day. I am no mother, but I know a few, and they have had a major impact on my life. There is Kristin, the mother of my children, and then there is my regular mom, the mother of me, Gracia Conn. And then there’s my sister, Valerie, who’s also a mother. And then

St. George and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Sermon | March 13, 2022

I am so glad to see you. It is good to be home. You have been on my heart these last two weeks as I have been on pilgrimage with 22 other Epiphany parishioners in the Holy Land. It was a rich experience, AND I am glad to be home with you. I wrote a

Be a Child of God

Sermon | December 26, 2021

In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. Merry Christmas! I am so glad to see you! My name is Diane Carlisle and I am the Head Verger here at Epiphany. My husband, Terry, and I have been members of Epiphany for almost 40 years. Generally as your Head

Ambiguity Capacity as a Kingdom of God Experience

Sermon | November 7, 2021

I’m reading a book right now called Nonsense by Jamie Holmes, and in it he makes a claim that grabbed my attention. He wrote: “As uncertainties add up in the world around us, they accelerate our desire for certainty.” When I read this, I was reminded of a sermon I preached on Easter day 2014:

Category: Belonging & Inclusion