Harrowing Of Hell

The Gathering Church

To watch the sermon click here. I’m so glad to see all of you today. Thank you to everybody that brought this day together. Thank you to the liturgical team including the choir. It is so nice to have you back. Well done in England. Thank you to all of you who brought food. Thank

Is it About Love?

In today’s Gospel, Mary is chastised for wasting expensive perfume when the proceeds from selling it could have been used instead to help the poor.  It is probably a familiar passage, or at least it is to me, and one that always puzzled me. The question with which Mary is berated—why not sell it and

The Nature of Transformation

I am Kelli Martin and I have been a parishioner at Epiphany Parish for over 3 years. We are in the season after the Epiphany. This is the time in the liturgical calendar when we reflect on how God became incarnate, meaning when God reveals God’s self, the manifestation of the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah!

As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ tonight, the word that marks this moment is hallelujah. It means praise God, which is sort of odd to say praise God as a way of praising God. The truth is hallelujah is a rather untranslatable word: it is more a guttural affirmation; a mysterious proclamation; a