Can We Weary God?

Sermon | December 18, 2022

733 BC was a very interesting year. It was the year that king Ahaz of Judea met the prophet Isaiah by the upper pool, over the hill, down past the Fullers field, just outside the walls of the city of David. It was a regular place sort of like meeting at the Madrona playfield across

Going Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

Sermon | December 11, 2022

Good Morning, Epiphany – those of you here in the church and those of you on-line. My name is Pam Tinsley, a new priest here at Epiphany, and a new priest in general. I’ll say more about that in a minute. I’m glad to be here with you today! The first Sunday morning text that

Christ the King and St. John’s Kirkland’s 100th Anniversary

Sermon | November 20, 2022

My name is Michael Ryan, and I’m the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church across the lake in Kirkland. I am worshiping with you this morning, and Fr. Doyt is worshiping with the people of S. John’s because of something that happened a century ago, when your parish acted in a way that brought about

Everyone Needs a Truth Teller

Sermon | July 10, 2022

This morning I’m going to invite you to spend a few minutes with a cranky old man. No, not me. I’m generally pretty good-natured, or at least I try to be. No, the cranky old man I want you to spend some time with this morning is named Amos. He runs a flock of sheep

A Life of Downward Mobility

Sermon | July 3, 2022

He had our attention from his first sentence, which isn’t something you can say about every graduation speaker or every graduation speech. But he started this way: “I wish for you a life of downward mobility.” Many of us thought we had misheard him. We turned to the people next to us to check. Surely,

Trinity Sunday

Sermon | June 12, 2022

This Gospel presents the Trinity as a way of understanding God for, with, and in us and of understanding ourselves for, with, and in God as siblings (1:12-13) who have seen what it means to be children of God in Jesus (1:14) We are assigned this Gospel today, because it is Trinity Sunday. Now, I

Technology and the Feast of Pentecost

Sermon | June 5, 2022

9,000 years ago bricks were invented, and they are still around today. I have no idea how many bricks make up these walls, but I do know these bricks define this sacred space, as a place set apart. Without bricks the windows would not be held in place, and the ceiling would not vault overhead.

The Great Absurdity

Sermon | April 10, 2022

Today’s Palm Sunday reading always distracts me. There Jesus is with his disciples, and he asks two of them to go to a particular house, and retrieve a colt for him that has never been ridden. He knows the one he wants, even saying to his disciples, “If anyone questions you, tell them the master

Going Down and Being Lifted Up

Sermon | February 20, 2022

As many of you know I am a jogger. That is what I call it. My son says I look more like a wounded man struggling to get home; particularly when I’m going uphill. Which is why he has forbidden me from running up Prep Hill, near his school, particularly when students are coming in

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