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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

Recovering the Divine Feminine

May 14, 2017 19:59 - 18 minutes - 23.5 MB

A critical way towards balanced in a most unbalanced age.

On the Road Resurrection

April 30, 2017 19:44 - 21 minutes - 27.1 MB

The resurrected Christ is with us in the road of life.

Easter Vision

April 16, 2017 20:08 - 12 minutes - 16.2 MB

Mary Magdalene grasps the Easter vision, and we are never the same again.

A Crucified Place

April 14, 2017 21:19 - 14 minutes - 18.7 MB

When we are caught in the ironies of this life.

Can these Bones Live?

April 02, 2017 21:28 - 20 minutes - 26.8 MB

When we meet death, faith, hope, and love become choices much more than feelings.

Born Blind

March 26, 2017 19:18 - 20 minutes - 27.3 MB

Are we the man born blind?

The Unbreakable Woman of Samaria

March 19, 2017 21:08 - 19 minutes - 24.5 MB

Learning to see the woman at the well through Jesus' eyes.

Knowing We Believe

March 12, 2017 20:58 - 14 minutes - 18.6 MB

Members of Church of Our Saviour reflect on the story of Nicodemus.

Learning to Begin Again

March 05, 2017 22:38 - 18 minutes - 24.3 MB

The temptations in the wilderness are forever the pattern of our temptations.

Ash Wednesday Reflections

March 01, 2017 22:46 - 21 minutes - 26.8 MB

A variety of voices read scripture and reflect on the meaning of Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Mountain Spirituality

February 26, 2017 21:02 - 15 minutes - 19.8 MB

When nature calls more strongly than the Church.

A New Way of Being

February 20, 2017 00:43 - 17 minutes - 21.7 MB

Jesus' call to love our enemies is profoundly political, not just profoundly difficult.

A God Who Doesn't Deal

February 12, 2017 21:30 - 18 minutes - 23.6 MB

When it comes to bargaining with God, what do we really have to bargain with?

Blessed Failure

January 29, 2017 19:37 - 18 minutes - 22.3 MB

Reckoning with a God revealed by failure, not success.

A Cold Call from Jesus

January 22, 2017 22:16 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

When Jesus calls, we risk a radical transformation.

Whose Dream will We Follow?

January 15, 2017 23:16 - 17 minutes - 21 MB

Jesus poses a critical question to his first followers. What are you looking for?

Bearing the Beams of Love

January 08, 2017 19:25 - 18 minutes - 22 MB

God's radical love for us disclosed in Jesus' baptism.

How Will this Work?

December 25, 2016 06:56 - 20 minutes - 25.5 MB

The Christ child meets our power politics.

A Messy Little Christmas

December 18, 2016 21:51 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MB

The ancient tradition tells us that Jesus is born not because we are ready, but because God is.

Determination

December 18, 2016 01:09 - 13 minutes - 16.6 MB

A homily at the memorial service of Peggy Redfield.

Rejoice in What?

December 11, 2016 20:06 - 12 minutes - 15.6 MB

Advent is not a preparation for the holidays, but a time to look within.

For God to Know

November 28, 2016 01:03 - 15 minutes - 20.3 MB

Attending to the Advent call to be awake, watchful, and ever vigilant for grace.

Back to the Drawing Board

November 20, 2016 23:35 - 14 minutes - 16.9 MB

Christ the King sends us back to our call to stand with those Jesus deemed "the least of these."

Live from an Apocalyptic Moment

November 13, 2016 21:38 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MB

Jesus foretells the destruction of all of our sacred temples to make way for the true Temple of God.

Blessings and Elections

November 06, 2016 20:30 - 9 minutes - 11.9 MB

The center of Jesus' teachings is addressed to a world of power, and then to the saints in love.

Befriending Zacchaeus

October 30, 2016 20:16 - 11 minutes - 14.6 MB

Forgiveness is born of love, a daily and even hourly practice of opening our hearts to one another.

Listening to the Heartbeat of God

October 23, 2016 20:03 - 14 minutes - 17.6 MB

In a world where we are driven to conversation and action, we must remember to listen.

Struggling with God

October 16, 2016 20:00 - 14 minutes - 19 MB

Jacob epitomizes the most critical struggle of our lives.

Unraveling Entitlement

October 09, 2016 20:47 - 16 minutes - 21.3 MB

How do we over come our over-riding sense of entitlement?

The Grace of Imagination

October 02, 2016 20:27 - 9 minutes - 12.2 MB

Francis of Assisi teaches us to value a spirituality held by indigenous peoples.

Holy Shrewdness

September 18, 2016 20:23 - 16 minutes - 21.3 MB

What does Jesus mean by calling us to become shrewd?

Beyond a God of Violence

September 11, 2016 20:06 - 11 minutes - 14.3 MB

Is God immutable or evolving with us?

Playing the Religion Game

August 28, 2016 19:36 - 18 minutes - 23.9 MB

Jesus' wisdom is anything but conventional.

Only a Prophet

August 14, 2016 19:49 - 11 minutes - 14.7 MB

Prophecy: an impossible vocation for anxious times.

What We Carry with Us

August 07, 2016 22:04 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MB

How do we make sense of a God who takes pleasure in giving to us without expectation?

Why Seek Those Things that do not Satisfy?

July 31, 2016 21:41 - 16 minutes - 21.3 MB

Learning to connect our life of faith with justice.

Acts of Faith

July 17, 2016 20:43 - 10 minutes - 13.4 MB

Church of Our Saviour celebrate ten years of ministry with their Rector.

A Samaritan's Hope

July 10, 2016 20:49 - 11 minutes - 14.9 MB

The parable of the Good Samaritan may be less comforting than we thought.

Not Civil Religion

July 03, 2016 19:20 - 14 minutes - 18.2 MB

We often regard hope as a Christian virtue, but it may well be more than just that.

Elijah's Mantle

June 26, 2016 19:13 - 12 minutes - 15.5 MB

We, too, receive the mantle of the prophets.

Seeing Self in the Other

June 19, 2016 20:01 - 9 minutes - 11 MB

Seeing ourselves in the Gerasene demoniac.

Touch and See

June 12, 2016 20:32 - 14 minutes - 18.4 MB

The woman who honors Jesus with her tears confronts the ancient system of sacrifice.

Freedom and Authority

May 29, 2016 19:01 - 12 minutes - 15.1 MB

Jesus and the Centurion in Capernaum reveal what happens when we yield authority to God.

How it's Supposed to Go

May 15, 2016 22:39 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MB

The disciples did not wake up the morning of Pentecost expecting the Spirit's arrival.

Limits of Divine Love

April 24, 2016 19:38 - 15 minutes - 19.7 MB

How far will God's love go?

Smelling like the Sheep

April 17, 2016 19:40 - 12 minutes - 16.3 MB

Is Jesus the Good Shepherd in the pattern of Solomon or the prophets?

Touched by Conversion

April 10, 2016 19:32 - 10 minutes - 13.4 MB

Paul and Peter witness to the power of conversion, a central movement of our faith.

Thomas and an Easter Faith

April 03, 2016 19:42 - 10 minutes - 13.1 MB

Doubting Thomas gets a bad rap, but his may be the truest faith of all.

Finding Easter

March 27, 2016 19:33 - 9 minutes - 11.7 MB

Why do we look for Easter among the death-dealing ways of the world?

Too Close for Comfort

March 24, 2016 17:27 - 7 minutes - 7.74 MB

Peter's objection to Jesus' washing his feet is only human.

Books

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