Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Holy Spirit

Fishing with Pelagius and Augustine for a Trinitarian God

Sermon | January 24, 2021

Today I want to preach about the state of our nation, and while the January 20 inauguration was honorable and majestic, as it should be, I am still troubled by what happened at the US Capitol building  on January 6. The memory of signs and symbols asserting that it was a Christian sanctioned movement: a

Our Collective Calling in Jesus

Sermon | January 3, 2021

I am Kelli Martin, and I have been a parishioner at Epiphany for over 2 years. A group of us at Epiphany were talking recently about today’s Scripture: we talked about how a child getting lost during the time of Jesus’ childhood would not have been alarming at first. Parents wouldn’t go from 0-100 in

Rules and Regulations

Sermon | December 27, 2020

Today’s reading from Galatians got me started thinking about rules and regulations. Paul is talking about the Mosaic laws, the covenant between God and God’s people. My thoughts, however, went immediately to the law in another sense, to the framework of secular rules and regulations in which we currently live our lives. In particular, how

Hope in a Time of COVID

Sermon | December 24, 2020

Merry Christmas. Tonight, I am going to preach about hope, the hope we experience through the birth of Jesus. It is a good time to talk of hope. We are in a moment that feels hopeful, doesn’t it? We are like that dove perched on the widow of Noah’s ark, poised, ready to flap back

Let it Be

Sermon | December 20, 2020

Good morning Christians, seekers, and friends! One of the things I most appreciate about our God is that God, my creator, really loves the real “me.” God is a down-to-earth, lover of all humanity and creation kind of God, who, even though I have spent years trying to live up to my idea of what

All Saints

Sermon | November 1, 2020

Good morning Christians, seekers, and friends! Since the beginning of our liturgical year A 2020, we have spent our time walking fairly methodically, one chapter after the next, through the gospel of Matthew starting in January … This October, for example, we have spent the majority of our time hanging out in chapter 22 which

The Body as New Authority

Sermon | October 18, 2020

Good morning Epiphany. We are back to a didactic sermon, so, take out your pencils, and your Bibles because we are going to dance across scripture today. Now here is why: You and I are part of a movement, and a movement requires clear understanding of where we are going and why we are going