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

Guardians of Hope

Sermon | April 9, 2023

Good morning. HAPPY EASTER! I’m so glad to see you today. There is a sense that we’re back to normal, if that’s really possible in a world where COVID is endemic. In fact, I know some of you can’t be here today because you have COVID. I’m glad you’re joining us online. I hope you’re

The God who Makes, Moves, Purposes, and Renews

Sermon | April 8, 2023

As we sit in darkness having heard the Cantor sing: “This is the night…” we remember. This is the night we remember who our God is. We tell the stories about what our God has done. We remember that it is God who saves us. The song we just sang makes the point: Surely it

Lazarus and Grief

Sermon | March 26, 2023

Epiphany Parish, Seattle The Rev. Lex Breckinridge Church Year A 3/26/2023 • Lent 5 John 11:1-41 This morning we walk with Jesus as he meets three of his best friends, Lazarus and Lazarus’s two sisters, Martha and Mary. On Saturday, April 1, we’ll observe the Orthodox Feast of St Lazarus where Doyt will share with

The Solid Ground on Which We Stand

Sermon | December 24, 2022

Merry Christmas Eve! I’m glad to see you here this evening. For some of you it may be the first time at Epiphany. Welcome. For many of you this is your spiritual home, and I am glad to be on this journey with you. There may even be a few of you for whom this

Hope and Joy

Sermon | December 4, 2022

We delivered Desmond to college this fall. As we crisscrossed the campus, side by side with other parents, lugging the carefully chosen belongings of our children up a flight or two or three to the dorm rooms, that would be their new homes…something stirred in me. Watching the young people meeting each other for the

Thanksgiving

Sermon | November 24, 2022

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! It’s a joy to be with you this morning at Epiphany, my first Thanksgiving as a priest! And as you hear me preach and as we get to know one another better, you’ll get a sense of how important family and community are to me. Each

Veteran’s Day–Living our Values

Sermon | November 13, 2022

I want to start today with the story that comes to mind because of Veteran’s Day, which coincides with Remembrance Day in Great Britain, hence the poppy I am wearing this morning. (I’ll say more about that in a bit.) Both days were instituted to remember war and the people who fought in them. Eight

Be Transformed

Sermon | October 23, 2022

Think back to your school days for a moment—if that’s not too scary for you. You’re sitting in a classroom either with rows of desks or in a large lecture hall. There’s a teacher standing in front of the classroom, his back to a screen, making a power point presentation, or, in my school days

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