Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Nativity

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

Hearing God

Sermon | August 13, 2017

Preacher:  The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. Last Sunday Kate told us her favorite memory of Epiphany.  It happened in the courtyard on the Feast of Epiphany 2015 as we gathered to break ground for renovations. When she lit the fire an angel appeared in the flame.  That’s a pretty significant memory, and one I

We Ask Too Small

Sermon | July 17, 2016

July 17, 2016, The Rev. Todd Foster preaching

Are you ever, like me, slow to hear Jesus’ “no?” Are you, like me, reluctant to experience the dissonance and pain of leaving behind the familiar? Are we able to live by faith rather than by sight? Can you and I relax our compulsive need to control everything and trust that letting go, living into our blindness, rather than bringing disaster, will create more space for God to do something even better in our lives? It takes immense courage.

What it means to be free

Sermon | June 12, 2016

June 12, 2016, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching

Here is the assumption Luke is making: every soul deeply desires freedom from the expectations of their context, whether a hedge fund manager in Manhattan, or a grandmother in Seward Park, or a shepherd in the Sudan. We all have cultural expectations set upon us, and while much of this is good and healthy, some of this can be constricting and onerous and cause us to give away our lives in favor of someone else’s expectations. And that is not Good News. Jesus came to give us Good News. He came to set us free, to liberate us, which is why he introduces us to this woman. Because she is free.

Mary, the Ointment, and Do-Overs

Sermon | March 13, 2016

March 13, 2016, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching

This sermon is about Mary’s do-over. It is her story. But it could be my story or your story. Maybe there is a moment or an encounter or an event you’d like to do over. If so, this sermon is for you, but know this: it takes courage and humility. Those are the traits we see Mary employ.