Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Eucharist

Moving From Fear to Awe

Sermon | June 19, 2016

June 19, 2016, Charissa Bradstreet preaching

Awe changes us, awe helps us see the world more clearly, to see the world with the eyes of God. When you reflect on your own story, where have you encountered God in ways that have provoked awe and wonder in you? With whom do you share those stories? The gospels urge us to tell these stories because the world needs them.

The Miracle of Sharing

Sermon | July 28, 2015

July 26, 2015, Emily Linderman preaching

“The feeding of a multitude is told six times in the Gospels—twice in Mark and Matthew, and once each in Luke and John. Long before the Last Supper, Jesus was taking, blessing, breaking, and sharing bread with his disciples and the crowds that followed him. This Gospel story is said to be a miracle or a sign and it’s a miracle or a sign that can be interpreted in many ways. I’m compelled by the interpretations that suggest the feeding of the multitude, the stories of loaves and fishes, are miracles of sharing.”

Conversion in Community

Sermon | May 4, 2015

May 3, 2015, Charissa Bradstreet preaching

Where do you tell your stories of wounding and transformation? Of harm and resurrection? Who benefits and is able to find encouragement in your stories of conversion?

The Great Vigil

Sermon | April 19, 2014

April 19, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

Prayers, fire, thanksgiving, stories, birth, water, a small meal, death, they all come together on this most holy night and are given meaning by the Resurrection. It is the next step in the process, in the evolution. Resurrection is the new thing. It is not resuscitation; it is transformation into an eternal form. The Great Vigil of Easter gathers up all that is old; all that is foundational and fundamental and rolls it together and marks it as God’s own forever. Tonight we celebrate the new fire, the new light, the new insight that Jesus gives us. We are drawn into Resurrection. It makes everything else make sense.

It is Finished

Sermon | March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013, The Rev Kate Wesch preaching

It is finished. He is dead. Any way you look at it; Jesus has gone forth to another space. You can check to see if he’s still breathing, feel for a pulse, see if the warmth has gone out of his body, or even stick a spear in his side. He is dead. The struggle is over, and the last words he said were, “It is finished.”

Let Love Abide

Sermon | August 19, 2012

August 19, 2012, Diana Bender preaching

When I was a child, my parents rarely if ever went to church, but I lived with my grandparents part of the time I was growing up as a young child then almost every summer once I was in school. My grandfather was a deacon in the Episcopal church. He often preached and frequently served communion. There was no Sunday school in summer, so I was there in the service each week. Sometimes bored, sometimes fidgety (well, let’s be honest, ALWAYS fidgety), but somehow deep in my heart I was so happy to be there in church. I suspect my grandparents thought I wasn’t paying attention at all, but something was happening for me.