First Sunday in Lent: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | March 9, 2025

In his sermon, Doyt reflects on how the meaning of symbols changes over time, focusing on the Cross and the Temple as examples of that transformation. He explains how Jesus redefined the meaning of the Temple, shifting it from a physical building to humanity itself—our hearts and our lives—as the place where God resides. This

Sundays in Lent: Christian RELATA

News | February 12, 2025

Dear Epiphany, I would like to invite you to register for Christian RELATA in this season of Lent. This series takes place on the six Sundays of Lent (March 9, 16, 23, 30, and April 6 and 13) from 10:00 – 11:00 am in the Great Hall and it is for everyone from age 12

Pray Seattle’s 40 Days of Lent: Epiphany’s Pilgrimage

News | February 5, 2025

Epiphany will participate in Pray Seattle’s 40 Days of Lent citywide effort this year, an urban prayerful pilgrimage journey across Seattle. In conjunction, Elizabeth Roberts has curated a 40-day pilgrimage for Epiphany, with parishioners leading twelve separate in-person opportunities. We invite you to join us. This program begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5 and concludes

From Control to Connection: A Path to Authentic Life

Sermon | February 18, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Today is the first Sunday in Lent. Our reading is from the gospel of Mark where the narrative unfolds with the baptism of Jesus. After Jesus is baptized, God says, “You are my Son, with you I am well pleased.” There is a part of me that wants the

Ash Wednesday: The Why of Fasting

Sermon | February 14, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. I have to admit that Lent is my favorite season of the liturgical year. It is a time to reflect, repent, and return to God, to really lean into life as a Christian in secular Seattle. It can be a

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

Adulting Faith

Sermon | March 19, 2023

When I was a kid, I lived in sort of a wooded area. And winding through the woods was a series of paths, well-trodden by me and my friends on our journey toward adulthood. Now one of the dangers that we had to contend with were the bottomless pits of quicksand, hidden at the edges

Climbing the Mountain of Christianity

Sermon | February 19, 2023

Seven years ago, my sister Valerie and I set out to conquer Mount Rainier. The compulsion to climb that mountain set upon me the first time I saw it jutting up on the horizon as I drove south to the airport. There, single and solitary,a majestic point of power ripping out of the earth toward

Lent with Intent

News | February 17, 2023

Lent is a season of self-reflection and spiritual growth that lasts for 40 days before Easter Sunday. But why? Why do we mark this season? The answer lies in the the story we tell throughout the liturgical year: If Christmas was our celebration of the Incarnation, then Lent is the time we live into its

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