Category: Sermons

November 16, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

“My thesis today is that without a crack in our character, there would be no place for grace in our lives.”

November 9, 2014, Holly Boone preaching

“I bet you think I’m going to talk about the m-word, money. Maybe the people who stayed home this morning thought I was going to talk about the m-word, too. Apparently people, especially Episcopalians, hate talking about that word. So let’s talk about something else, something more important. Let’s talk about souls and how we care for them at Epiphany.”

November 2, 2014, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

But, what is the point? Is the point to be noticed? Praised? Affirmed? Yes. That is exactly the point. We are noticed, praised, adored, and affirmed each and every day by the Lord who created us. Our affirmation doesn’t need to come from other people because it comes from, God, the Creator.

October 26, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

Children play games to learn by imitation. Adults play games too, but are we learning to imitate Christ?

October 19, 2014, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

Perhaps some of you have had a knock-down, cataclysmic conversion experience that turned your life upside down, but that’s not the norm. It doesn’t happen just because we want it to, or because we will it to. God doesn’t work that way. God’s communication with us isn’t for our entertainment; it’s for our souls. I’m willing to bet that someone here today has had God speak to them. Some of you have encountered God in a real, almost tangible way. Some of you think that sounds crazy. I believe that God still speaks to us. God sends angels. They may not be dressed in white with a halo and wings, but they are angels none the less. And yet, these sorts of direct experiences of God are the exception, not the rule.

October 12, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

None of us can see the future. Everyone moves forward blindly. Everyone’s past is completely unique to them in every way save one: that, if we dust the surface of our lives, we find the fingerprints of God. That unites us when we let it. That is why the church exists.

October 5, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

You see, the Book Judges is a tragic tale like King Lear. It turns out that the Greek translation for the word tragedy is “goat story.” Weird, huh? A tragedy is the story of a goat’s life according to the Greeks. Here is why: when you let a goat loose, it goes to the top of a hill and then wanders back and forth across the hill as it eats its way to the bottom. It lets gravity be its guide, in a slow, unconscious act of consumption, as it sleepwalks its way down the hill.

September 28, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

Imagine a world where no one had the capacity to understand things from someone else’s point of view. Imagine the chaos. It might even be terrifying. And yet, here is the reality: No one can really understand something fully from another person’s point of view. No one can climb into another person’s mind and think from another person’s context. It can’t happen. We are not designed for that. So where does that leave us with chaos? Is our destiny only tragedy like the Book of Judges? What do you think?

September 21, 2014, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

As a species, we seem to harbor an overly healthy amount of self-doubt, particularly when something is outside our comfort zone. So in today’s sermon, I’m going to introduce a new theme building upon what Doyt has been talking about from this pulpit. Two weeks ago, Doyt stood up here and said, “We need to talk.” Last Sunday, he said, “I’m sorry. You are forgiven.” We need to talk. I’m sorry. You are forgiven. I’m going to add: Just do it. I believe in you.