by Office Admin | Jan 23, 2022 | Archives, Sermons - English
Epiphany 3C Healing The Right Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori Healing. Who needs it? that question can be answered in two ways – as a flip retort, like ‘healing’s for the birds,’ or with a bit more engagement – ‘we all need healing, especially in times like...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Jan 16, 2022 | Archives, Sermons - English
011622 Epiphany 2 ML King Day There is Still Abundance when all looks like Scarcity Isaiah 62:1-5; I Cor. 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 We talk a lot at St. Athanasius about how to bring unity and justice to this country. We’ve struggled with how to speak uncomfortable...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Jan 9, 2022 | Archives, Sermons - English
010922 Baptism of Jesus A Baptism of Belovedness, Wind, and Fire Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Ever since visiting a group of refugees in a remote village in Peru, I’ve been fascinated by John’s words about wheat and chaff to describe Jesus’ baptism: His...
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Jan 2, 2022 | Archives, Sermons - English
010222 Christmas 2 Facing the Future with the Eyes of Our Heart Open Ephesians 1:3-14; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 When I was working with marginal communities in Mexico to transform themselves, we used to invite them to imagine what they wanted their communities...
by Rev. Guy Leemhuis | Dec 26, 2021 | Archives
by The Very Rev. Canon Frank Alton | Dec 24, 2021 | Archives, Sermons - English
122421 Christmas Eve Both Sides Now The sermon begins at minute Isaiah (62:6-12); Psalm 96; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:8-20 The other night I tuned in to the Kennedy Center Honorees Gala on TV just as Brittany Howard and Herbie Hancock were singing Joni Mitchell’s...
