Sermons from Grace Cathedral
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 30 ratingsSunday Sermons from San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, home to a community where the best of Episcopal tradition courageously embraces innovation and open-minded conversation. At Grace Cathedral, inclusion is expected and people of all faiths are welcomed. The cathedral itself, a renowned San Francisco landmark, serves as a magnet where diverse people gather to worship, celebrate, seek solace, converse and learn.
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The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
July 21, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 37.8 MBCoach Jesus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Josiah Royce "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever" (Psalm 25). Chad Harbach in his novel The Art of Fielding writes about Schwarz a stocky, strong young football and baseball player. He feels determined not to become one of those "ex-jocks" who considered high school and college the best days of their lives.1 For this reason, despite everyone's expectations, he resists going into coaching. ...
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
July 14, 2019 21:30 - 15 minutes - 34.9 MBHow Can You Be Happy "Teacher what shall I do to inherit eternal life" (Luke 10)? Do you ever wonder, "Is there more to life than this? Am I happy?" 1. The composer Philip Glass writes, "In a clear way we are bound to our culture. We understand the world because of the way we were taught to see… because that's what was installed… into our heads when we were very young. But it is possible to step out of that world."1 This is good news because most often we inhabit a secular environmen...
The Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King
July 07, 2019 20:30 - 11 minutes - 25.3 MBThis is going to sound a bit odd in my English accent, but I want to read you a little excerpt from Alice Walker’s classic book, The Color Purple. This is Shug talking to Celie: ‘Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They came to church to share God, not to find God.’ Whether you agree with Shug or not her questi...
The Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King
June 16, 2019 20:30 - 10 minutes - 24.5 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
June 10, 2019 02:00 - 12 minutes - 29.9 MBThe Rt. Rev. Mark Handley Andrus
June 09, 2019 18:00 - 8 minutes - 19.6 MBThe day of Pentecost and Holy Baptism
The Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King
June 08, 2019 22:00 - 10 minutes - 23.9 MBSermon from Ordination 2019
The Rev. Heather Erickson
June 02, 2019 20:30 - 12 minutes - 28.2 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones
May 26, 2019 19:00 - 16 minutes - 38.4 MBThe Rev. Kristin Saylor
May 19, 2019 20:30 - 11 minutes - 27.2 MBSee, God is making all things new. Amen.
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
May 15, 2019 02:30 - 7 minutes - 16.4 MBDarren’s theme this week is “The Chosen Tribe.” I don’t think that he means to say that one particular group of people is more righteous or valuable or has greater responsibility than any other. This is not about a “Chosen People.” Instead I believe that he wants us to think more about how we ourselves choose the groups that then give us our identity.
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. young
May 12, 2019 20:00 - 16 minutes - 38.1 MB"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want" (Psalm 23).
The Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones
May 05, 2019 20:30 - 16 minutes - 37.1 MBThe Rt. Rev Marc Handley Andrus
April 21, 2019 21:49 - 17 minutes - 40.9 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
April 21, 2019 16:50 - 15 minutes - 35.5 MB"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen" (Lk. 24).
The Rev. Jude Harmon
April 19, 2019 02:30 - 12 minutes - 27.7 MBThe Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus
April 16, 2019 20:30 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
April 14, 2019 20:30 - 12 minutes - 22.5 MBWhat is the nature of existence? Three hundred years ago Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) addressed this question in his essay "Of Being." He wrote, "The mind can never… conceive of a state of perfect nothing."
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
April 07, 2019 20:30 - 14 minutes - 27.2 MB"We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come."
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
March 31, 2019 20:30 - 12 minutes - 23.3 MB"We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found" (Lk. 15). Have you ever wondered how Jesus has changed you from what you might otherwise have been?
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
March 24, 2019 20:30 - 13 minutes - 25.6 MB"Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt" (Ex. 3)?
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
March 17, 2019 20:30 - 13 minutes - 25.9 MB"Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord" (Luke 13).
The Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King
March 10, 2019 20:30 - 11 minutes - 21.6 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
March 08, 2019 02:00 - 6 minutes - 11 MB“I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance” (Lk. 5).
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
March 07, 2019 18:30 - 14 minutes - 32.8 MBTwo sermons from The Vine on Ash Wednesday. “We are treated as impostors, and yet are true… as having nothing, and yet possessing everything” (2 Cor. 6).
The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus
March 06, 2019 21:00 - 13 minutes - 31.8 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones
March 03, 2019 21:30 - 17 minutes - 31.9 MBThe Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young
February 24, 2019 22:15 - 14 minutes - 26.6 MB"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you" (Lk. 6).
The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus
January 27, 2019 18:30 - 15 minutes - 27.9 MBSunday 11 a.m. Sermon