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Sermons at The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour

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Sermons delivered at The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Mill Valley, California: A welcoming community for those seeking to deepen their relationship with God, and to journey in faith with God's people through the breaking of bread and in service to others, in Christ's name.

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Episodes

What is the Lambeth Quadrilateral and why does it matter?

July 27, 2022 21:20 - 19 minutes - 15.2 MB

The Rev. William Reed Huntington's Contribution to Church Unity

When Hosting the Divine

July 17, 2022 16:07 - 16 minutes - 17.7 MB

When offering hospitality to strangers, what are we welcoming?

Truth to Power

July 13, 2022 20:41 - 22 minutes - 16.1 MB

When churchmen tell a Protestant reformer to quiet down, she speaks up

Don't Give Up

July 03, 2022 16:29 - 13 minutes - 14.3 MB

How can we provide meaning to a troubled world?

Saints Peter and Paul, God's Odd Couple

June 29, 2022 16:21 - 16 minutes - 8.11 MB

Two very different shepherds feeding Jesus' flock

Values and Discipleship

June 26, 2022 16:04 - 19 minutes - 20.9 MB

Jesus confronts our easy assumptions with bracing teachings.

Fighting our Demons

June 19, 2022 17:16 - 10 minutes - 11.6 MB

When Jesus exorcizes the demons from a man possessed onlookers are afraid

Seeker, Scholar, Benefactor

June 08, 2022 17:30 - 15 minutes - 18.6 MB

Who are today's Desert Mothers?

Chaos and the Spirit

June 05, 2022 17:23 - 17 minutes - 19 MB

Pentecost reminds us that the Spirit makes chaos a new beginning

Being Made Well

May 22, 2022 19:28 - 17 minutes - 26.5 MB

Jesus healing power confronts a world of division and competition.

The Religion of Relationships

May 08, 2022 17:20 - 12 minutes - 12.9 MB

Is Christianity a Religion of Empire, or of Relationships?

The Religion of Relationships

May 08, 2022 17:20 - 12 minutes - 12.9 MB

Is Christianity a Religion of Empire, or of Relationships?

Witnessing Easter

April 24, 2022 18:24 - 14 minutes - 15.9 MB

When Easter demands to be seen.

The Seeds of Easter

April 17, 2022 16:40 - 13 minutes - 14.8 MB

Peter's bewilderment at the empty tomb is ours as well.

Who We Are Becoming

March 20, 2022 16:17 - 17 minutes - 19.4 MB

Jesus calls us out of a primitive understanding of faith and into growth in God's grace

On the Threat of Death

March 13, 2022 15:22 - 16 minutes - 17.8 MB

Jesus responds to a death threat.

The Ashes of Remembering

March 02, 2022 16:55 - 18 minutes - 21.1 MB

Ash Wednesday confronts us with the depths of our mortality, and the God's hope for us.

The Messianic Mission

February 27, 2022 17:04 - 18 minutes - 19.8 MB

It's not what you think it is.

The Law of Love

February 20, 2022 17:15 - 17 minutes - 19.5 MB

Is love a feeling or a discipline?

The Plain Gospel

February 13, 2022 16:57 - 13 minutes - 15.4 MB

Luke distills the essentials of Jesus' teachings into a world-altering vision.

Growing Up

January 30, 2022 20:32 - 15 minutes - 16.9 MB

Being God's people is always a process of becoming.

Belonging to the Body

January 23, 2022 16:54 - 16 minutes - 18 MB

On what it means to belong to something greater than ourselves.

God in the Kitchen

January 16, 2022 17:29 - 14 minutes - 15.7 MB

Jesus' first miracle tells us how God has come among us.

Beloved How Much

January 09, 2022 18:36 - 12 minutes - 13.7 MB

How close are we willing to allow God to get?

A New Year Pilgrimage

January 02, 2022 18:17 - 15 minutes - 16.9 MB

The gospel narratives of the Second Sunday after Christmas lead us to welcome pilgrimage.

Who Are You?

December 26, 2021 18:47 - 13 minutes - 14.3 MB

The prologue to John's Gospel reveals the fundamental nature of Christ.

This Little Babe

December 24, 2021 19:01 - 17 minutes - 18.7 MB

A sixteenth century poem captures the radical message of Christmas.

The Women of Advent

December 19, 2021 20:51 - 16 minutes - 18 MB

Mary and Elizabeth bear witness to the new world God has initiated among us.

The Circle of Advent

November 28, 2021 17:04 - 16 minutes - 17.6 MB

When calamity comes, Jesus calls us to lift up our heads.

Building the Kingdom Together

November 21, 2021 18:26 - 11 minutes - 11.7 MB

Rita Semel is widely considered the author of interreligious dialogue and interfaith cooperation in the Bay Area, the nation, and the world.

The Temporal Temple

November 14, 2021 21:35 - 18 minutes - 18.7 MB

Jesus warns his disciples about falling in love with the temporal nature of reality.

Original Blessing

November 07, 2021 18:05 - 12 minutes - 13.3 MB

The pandemic has been met with extraordinary grumpyness, but also with extraordinary acts of kindness.

A Subversive Summary

October 31, 2021 16:07 - 19 minutes - 21.3 MB

Jesus' summary of the law offers a subtle but subversive alternative to the ways of the world

I and Thou

October 24, 2021 16:24 - 10 minutes - 11 MB

When blind Bartimaeus encounters Jesus, Jesus performs a miracle

Outside Looking In

October 17, 2021 15:50 - 17 minutes - 18.9 MB

Pecking orders are basic mammalian behavior, but Jesus calls us beyond that.

Buying Eternal Life

October 10, 2021 18:47 - 19 minutes - 19.8 MB

It's not for sale.

Confronting the Wolf

October 03, 2021 15:53 - 14 minutes - 15.6 MB

What can a thirteenth century monk teach us about confronting the things that threaten us?

God's Courtly Retinue

September 29, 2021 15:23 - 11 minutes - 6.15 MB

If Christ is the only mediator between God and Creation, then why are there angels?

Salted and Singed

September 26, 2021 16:58 - 17 minutes - 19.3 MB

Jesus promises his followers that they will be salted with fire. What does that mean?

Jesus' Self Awareness

September 19, 2021 16:39 - 11 minutes - 12.5 MB

If and when did the human Jesus become aware of his divinity?

A Nurse, a Pope, and a Letter

September 15, 2021 17:06 - 19 minutes - 10.6 MB

Honoring Catherine of Genoa, Holy Cross, and the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory

Imposter Syndrome and the Messiah

September 12, 2021 15:52 - 16 minutes - 18.8 MB

In identifying Jesus as the Messiah, Peter gets it both very right and very wrong.

Insiders and Outsiders

September 05, 2021 20:48 - 22 minutes - 24.2 MB

What happens when Jesus becomes the villain of the story?

A Small Legal Matter

August 29, 2021 16:53 - 20 minutes - 22.6 MB

Rules and law are bedrock for civilization. But what happens when the rules get in the way?

Difficult Teachings

August 22, 2021 18:35 - 14 minutes - 17 MB

Jesus invites his followers to embrace a "difficult" teaching.

Christ Together with Us

August 15, 2021 17:54 - 15 minutes - 16.5 MB

Jesus' eucharistic language challenges us to engage our world differently.

One Step Back

August 08, 2021 19:10 - 22 minutes - 24.4 MB

Faced by setbacks and even mortals, the story of Elijah becomes food for the journey.

The Fifty Percent Rule

July 25, 2021 19:57 - 19 minutes - 22.1 MB

In world where many things are not working well, Christ offers a vision of divine abundance.

Becoming Vessels of Grace

July 18, 2021 20:32 - 16 minutes - 17.7 MB

Between the crowds of need and need of rest.

Church and the Fourth

July 04, 2021 19:49 - 17 minutes - 19.4 MB

Looking at the history of Independence Day and the Church.

Books

The City of God
2 Episodes
Out of this World
1 Episode
The Prodigal Son
1 Episode