Sermons

Vulnerable People

Our baptismal promises call us to “persevere in resisting evil”, to “seek and serve Christ in all persons loving our neighbors as ourselves”, and to “strive for justice and peace, and respect the dignity of every human being.” This is our calling, in short, as those who were brought to the waters of baptism, vulnerable, often unable to speak for ourselves, by a community of love and care, we are sent out to be a people who care for the vulnerable. Our calling in baptism begins in community and is enacted in community—never alone.

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Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson January 11, 2026

Looking Away from Empire

“Look with awe at the glowing center where those with access gather. Look on the bright armor and blazing torches of battalions and be afraid.” After all, fear is the currency of empires, and so it must hold our gaze and teach us what we must fear. But the Christmas story is different. It pulls our focus.

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Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson December 24, 2025

Bringing Saint Joseph’s Integrity Back

“Note that in today’s Gospel, Joseph does not speak a single word. Joseph acts with quiet yet life-saving integrity. Perhaps Joseph has no words because, as Abraham Joshua Heschel says, ‘There is not enough grandeur in our souls to be able to unravel in words the knot of time and eternity.'”

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The Rev. Craig Lemming December 21, 2025

A Feeling as Ancient as the Human Heart

We know what it’s like to hope that someone might meet our vulnerability with kindness instead of judgment. We know what it’s like to step out on the ledge of honesty and pray we won’t fall. And we also know this: Love grows in the spaces where we dare to be known.

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Guest Preacher December 16, 2025

Hope is a Discipline

“What does it mean for you to ABOUND in hope? Not a strip of hope, not a small piece of hope, not faking hope but overflowing, spilling over with, being filled with a brilliant testimony of hope. Advent hope is not quiet; it is contagious.”

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Marjorie Grevious December 7, 2025

Spiritual Preparation

Imagine if someone told you that next year Thanksgiving would be different. It would happen sometime in 2026, but you wouldn’t know the exact date, time, or even who the guests would be. How would you prepare? How could you plan for such an event? After all, food has a shelf life, and anyone who has cooked a turkey knows it doesn’t thaw overnight. Preparation is essential.

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Guest Preacher December 3, 2025

Sermon for Racial Healing Eucharist Honoring St. Martin de Porres

by the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya Watch the sermon recording on YouTube.

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Guest Preacher November 23, 2025

God’s Present Continuous Creativity

The destruction of evil can become more than a mere distraction. The destruction of evil can become an idol. When we stare too long at the evil being done, we might unconsciously become so obsessed with destruction, that we forget God’s Present Continuous creation.

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The Rev. Craig Lemming November 16, 2025

Imagine A Place Where All Are Welcome

Jesus’ answer points to the Sadducees’ lack of imagination, what it could mean to live in a world unafraid of death. What would that world look like? Can you imagine it? Jesus isn’t telling us that such a world wouldn’t have marriage. He’s telling us that such a world would not have systems that keep people stuck, trapped, or captive. Such a world would allow us to imagine who we truly are, to become even more fully who God created us to be, without fear or shame.

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Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson November 9, 2025

Feed The People

These beatitudes from today’s gospel in Luke are more real, tangible and down to earth as they focus on real life issues of being poor, hungry, or deeply saddened by life. It is interesting that we never make beautiful posters, carvings or artwork out of the corresponding Woes, or what some call curses, found in Luke which come right after the beautiful often-quoted Blesseds.

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Marjorie Grevious November 2, 2025

A Sermon for the Racial Healing Eucharist Celebrating Samuel Joseph Schereshewsky

the Rev. Phillip Romine

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Guest Preacher October 26, 2025

Healing the Wounds of Idolatry: Cultivating A Love Ethic with the Lowly of Heart

“To turn away from worshipping the death-dealing idol of the Second Amendment and its anti-liturgies of gun violence requires a complete re-evaluation of our values. To turn away from cracked cisterns that hold no water, and to turn back to God, the fountain of living water, requires a complete change of heart. “

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The Rev. Craig Lemming August 31, 2025

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