Harrowing Of Hell

Category: God’s Nature & Mercy

A Home Renovation to Save the Soul

Sermon | September 25, 2022

Good morning, Epiphany. I’m still back from sabbatical and gladder than ever to be here, and I am still peeling back some of the insights and surprises I encountered while away. You remember two Sundays ago how I so well represented the Christian lifestyle at an ice cream parlor in Berlin, and in the process

Be Like Mary

Sermon | August 14, 2022

In many families, mine included, there are names that are passed down from generation to generation. In my family that name is Mary Elizabeth. On my father’s side his mother and his father’s sister were both named Mary Elizabeth. My mother’s sister and her maternal grandmother were also named Mary Elizabeth. Even my own sister

The Great Vigil

Sermon | April 16, 2022

Tonight, I’d like you to join me on a journey to the Holy Land. I have been there 10 times, and tonight, I look forward to returning there with you. It is a journey that continues the exploration of our souls as so illuminated by Kelli on Maundy Thursday and Susan on Good Friday. We

Good Friday

Sermon | April 15, 2022

Good evening. My name is Susan Pitchford, and I work on adult faith formation here at Epiphany.  “Good” Friday? Seriously? People often want to know, why do we call this day “good”? It’s a day of tragedy, of injustice, a day of suffering and darkness and death. What’s so good about that? Well, the short

The Upper Room

Sermon | April 14, 2022

I am Kelli Martin and I have been a parishioner at Epiphany Parish for almost 4 years. This evening we celebrate Maundy Thursday. We get kind of funny about this day. No matter how gently or funnily or casually we try to talk about foot washing, somehow it always comes back to that. But Maundy

Christmas Eve and Raccoons

Sermon | December 24, 2021

Good evening. Merry Christmas. It’s lovely to be with you whether you’re here in person or online. We gather to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a day where the light of God comes into the world in a personal and wonderful way. This is the way in which God articulates God’s cosmic

The Visitation, the Magnificat

Sermon | December 19, 2021

Good morning. My name is Susan Pitchford, and I am Epiphany’s “Off-site Anchorite.” It’s a deliberately absurd title, but essentially I’m here to support the spiritual formation of members of the parish. If you’d like to know more, let’s talk. Advent is the time when we’re supposed to be waiting in quiet expectation, right? I