Sermons

The Rev. Courtney Reid, preachingRead more “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost”

The Rev. Suzanne Wille, preachingRead more “Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost”

The Rev. Suzanne Wille, preachingRead more “Tenth Sunday after Pentecost”

The Rev. Suzanne Wille, preachingRead more “Ninth Sunday after Pentecost”

The Rev. Courtney Reid, preachingRead more “Seventh Sunday after Pentecost”

It’s the second Sunday of Easter,which means we meet themost-maligned disciple after Judas:Thomas the Twin,more famously known as “Doubting Thomas,”the only disciplethat is known primarilyfor an adjective—doubting. Thousands of sermons […]Read more “Breath of New Life”

Like women thousands of years before them and even in our day, they went to the place where their beloved friend lay – a stone tomb, given by Joseph of […]Read more “We Remember”

HOSANNA! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! That’s what they shoutedas Jesus entered Jerusalem;that’s what they shoutedas they spread […]Read more “Save Us”

In the 2014 movie Pride,there is a scene of lovelinessthat you know you shouldn’t fall for,but do. A woman stands upin a crowded room full of talk and confusionand begins […]Read more “Bread and Roses”

“There was a man who had two sons…” How many of you, when Suzanne got to this third sentence of today’s Gospel from Luke, said to yourself, “oh, yes, I […]Read more “Everybody’s Invited”

We all know thatthe word “Gospel”means “Good News,”but there seems to belittle good in today’spassage from Luke’s Gospel. The crowd tells Jesusabout the latest tragedy:Pilate’s thugs entered the Temple,slaughtering Jews […]Read more “Gratitude and Repentance”

Today we find ourselvesin the desert,as we do every yearon the first Sunday in Lent,witnessing Jesus alonein a barren landscape,a place known thennot as an empty place,but a place inhabitedby […]Read more “A Cosmic Conflict”

It’s a strange thingto show up at churchon a weekday,all for the purposeof hearing about the needto repent, to take up some disciplines,and to be reminded that we will die,as […]Read more “The Most Honest Day of the Year”

All were astounded at the greatness of God.They were astonished on the mountaintop,where Jesus had taken a few disciples—Peter, James, and John—to pray after he had revealedsome terrible truths to […]Read more “Mountaintop Moments”

A few years agoAnderson Cooper interviewed Stephen Colbert—perhaps you’ve seen it? During that interview,Cooper quotes Colbert sayingin an earlier interview,“What punishments from God are not gifts?” This was Colbert’s responsewhen […]Read more “You Are Not Alone”

We are in the midstof two secular high holy days.I’m not talking aboutthe Super Bowl;that gets no attention from meunless the Pittsburgh Steelers are in it,and they’re not. Again. Rather, […]Read more “A Love Story for All of Us”

I speak to you in the name of one God: Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. Amen.  While preparing this sermon, it became apparent that no matter how much or how […]Read more “Keep Saying “Yes””

Preached by vestry co-warden, Scottie Warden O god hear the supplications of your people, and grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you […]Read more “The Choice of the Good News”

When I last lived in Chicago,  I lived in Andersonville but taught on the Southwest side.  Every morning I drove  the entire length of  Lake Shore Drive to the Eisenhower,  […]Read more “If it isn’t Good News for the Poor, it isn’t Good News”

Years ago a theologian  from University of Chicago said this: “Christians ought to be celebrating constantly. We ought to be preoccupied with parties, banquets, feasts, and merriment. We ought to […]Read more “Popping Champagne”