5th Sunday of Easter, Year AMay 3, 2026 John 14:1-14 I’m sure you all have heard a version of the joke where a person dies and goes to heaven and St. Peter is touring the new arrival around to see the new house with many, many rooms in heaven. You can throw any denomination under … Continue reading Way of Abiding
4th Sunday in Easter, Year A April 26, 2026 John 10:1-10 Good morning and welcome to Good Gate Sunday, otherwise known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Maybe you have been coming to an Episcopal church (or any other mainline denomination) long enough to know that the 4th Sunday of Easter is Good Shepherd Sunday! But in … Continue reading The Gate
3rd Sunday in Easter, Year A April 19, 2026 Luke 24:13-35 This year, as some of you may be aware, I have become immersed in the world of sourdough bread making. And by that I mean, I have joined a bread cult. There are Facebook groups and instagram sourdough queens and kings and just like … Continue reading We Had Hoped
Easter Sunday 2026 John 20:1-18 In 2014 two rock climbing friends, Kevin Jorgesen and Tommy Caldwell, attempted the first ever free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Free climbing is climbing a rock face using no ropes, harnesses, or fixed anchors, but only the small finger and toe holds … Continue reading She Stayed
5th Sunday of Lent, Year AMarch 22, 2026 John 11:11-45 Thank you for listening to another novella from the Gospel of John this morning. It’s an important story but as I was beginning to prepare this sermon, I thought to myself, “Imagine being dead for four days, finally getting a mansion in heaven, experiencing no … Continue reading Feel your Pain
3rd Sunday of LentMarch 8, 2026 John 4:5-42 On May 9, 1969, two people gathered around a small inflatable pool to have a conversation, cool off, and share a towel, and by doing so hoped to change their world for the better. This episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood wasn’t complex: two men took off their … Continue reading Sharing Water
2nd Sunday in Lent, Year A March 1, 2026 John 3:1-17 Have you ever watched someone from afar who caught your attention and you wanted to hear more–and were intrigued with their message but not quite sure what the message was? Maybe it was a speaker, preacher, or an author, maybe some other charismatic leader … Continue reading Stepping Out
Last Sunday after the Epiphany Feb. 15, 2026 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 I think you all know by now that I am a mountain girl by heart. I love mountains and this Sunday’s scripture readings bring us mountains. I could not be more delighted! You may well understand “mountain top” experiences if you have … Continue reading Clouds and Mountains
5th Sunday After Epiphany Feb. 8, 2026 Isaiah 58:1-12 Lent is right around the corner and some of you may have already decided what you will “give up” for Lent, what you will fast from. It seems to me, and I don’t have any scientific evidence of this, but Episcopalians seem to have an inordinate … Continue reading Find Your Fast
Second Sunday after Epiphany Jan. 18, 2026John 1:29-42 “What are you looking for?” It takes a special kind of person to venture out on a cold January morning to come to church. You got up this morning, got dressed, and drove to church, and…“What are you looking for?” On this second Sunday after Epiphany, the … Continue reading What Are You Looking For?
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