All Saints Church Pasadena Podcast

"It is the broken that can teach us what it means to accept God's grace. It is the broken that can show us the power of mercy. It is the broken that will teach us what compassion can do. It is the broken who understands what it means to suffer weaknesses: It is when we are weak and broken that we are strong." Sermon by Bryan Stevenson, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, February 28, 2016....

"Staying on Jesus’ message of healing and wholeness calls us to build bridges, not walls." Sermon by Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, February 21, 2016. Readings: Philippians 3:20-4:1 and Luke Luke 13:31-35. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1K0TmGI9Vs&feature=youtu.be . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www...

Sermon by Susan Russell, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2016. For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www.allsaints-pas.org and follow us on Twitter @ASCpas. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at http://www.allsaints-pas.org/support/donate/ .

"Connecting to the glory of God inside us will always connect us to the glory of God in everyone else." Sermon by Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, February 7, 2016. Readings: Exodus 34:29-35 and Luke Luke 9:28-43. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTka95uO_c&feature=youtu.be . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http...

"We are called to be the delivery system for God's love movement -- a movement that requires us to claim prophetic stamina over chosen fragility." Sermon by Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 and Luke 4:21-30. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-57LtnDfMM&feature=youtu.be . For more a...

"In my old age I've come to think that what we believe is way less important than what we do. I actually says that in Scripture, but somehow we just sort of glide over that part, and argue about what we believe or how we articulate that belief. But what God actually wants is for us to live as if heaven is already here. As if we are that sure that God loves us." Sermon by the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson...

"I truly think that Dr. King would always ask of those who praise him if they would spend more time following the path he was trying to articulate. Very much like Jesus. I really don't think Jesus is interested in our praising him as much as he is interested in our following him." Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, January 17, 2016. Read...

"In this very moment something sacred is at stake -- and that something is love!" Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Readings: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. You can watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE7MnAT4s8k&feature=youtu.be . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www.allsaints-pas.or...

"My prayer for you is that that work, of enhancing connections between people, both in this community and outside this community will continue. I hope we will continue to explore that great barrier called the 210, and the world north of the 210 and the world here, and see it as a frontier--a frontera--where we can do some wonderful work." Sermon by the Rev. Janine Schenone, at All Saints Church, P...

"Jesus tells us that God cares deeply about our needs, even in the face of horror and death. God promises to redeem and restore and resurrect our lives to meaning and unending hope. In our vulnerability, God calls us to trust love that will never let us go." Sermon by the Rev. Sally Howard, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Healing Sunday, December 27, 2015. Readings: Psalm 147:1-5 and John 1:1-5...

"...I know the new rector will be perfect for this faith community at this time in history.  And there are things we don't know. The new rector may be a woman. The new rector may be a person of color. The new rector may be gay. The new rector may be transgender. If any of these things are making you itch right now -- then you've got some work to do!...but an angel is leaning over you tonight sayin...

"...if we allow that light to transform the world, it will require us to overcome our fears and weariness to have courage. It will require us to leave our comfort zones; it will require us to say and ultimately demonstrate no more! No more to gun violence!" Sermon by the Rev. Zelda Kennedy, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, December 6, 2015. Readings: Philippians 1:3-11 and Luke 3:1-6. Wa...

“If you want your dreams to come true, you have to wake up.” – Ed Bacon quoting Rabbi Leonard Beerman Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16 and Luke 21:25-36. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCp8eJqhNKE&feature=youtu.be . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visi...

"...The Kingdom of God is not going to come as outside intervention. It is up to you and me cooperating with God to realize what already is - that we are one...The future of the world depends on you and me being witnesses to the Truth." Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, November 22, 2015. Reading: John 18:33-34, 35b-38. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://...

"We will not allow these terrorist acts to make us less human or compassionate -- because that is terrorism's goal: to turn us all into terrorists. Instead we will overcome the narrative of nihilism with respect for the dignity of every single human being. And we will gather to be reminded not to forget that we belong to each other." Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on...

Equipping our children to find their true selves and their true grit is at the core of Jon Dephouse's November 8th sermon at All Saints Church. Listen and be inspired to change the narratives that keep all our children from being equally loved, valued and equipped to be all they can be. Sermon by the Rev. Jon Dephouse, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on All Saints Sunday, November 8, 2015. Reading...

"To be fully alive is to sail off the map in the service of live." Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on All Saints Sunday, November 1, 2015. Readings: Matthew 5:1-12. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://youtu.be/y4Y5o0Xu_0I . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www.allsaints-pas.org and follow us on Twitter @ASCpas. Donate to sup...

"In the midst of suffering can we still be servants of grace?" Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, October 25, 2015. Readings: Mark 10:46-52. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://youtu.be/yEK3VFZxoHc . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www.allsaints-pas.org and follow us on Twitter @ASCpas. Donate to support the mission...

"I realized what I want to be a servant of that grace -- that gift of God's unmerited love -- for the rest of my life." Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, October 18, 2015. Readings: Isaiah 53:4-9 and Mark 10:35-45. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://youtu.be/FO_Ig1IDYpY . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www.allsai...

"Celebrating the freedom that comes with clearing the way for God in our lives." Sermon by the Rev. Janine Schenone, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, October 11, 2015. Readings: Hebrews 4:12-16 and Mark 10:17-31. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0aOKL_3E88&feature=youtu.be . For more about the mission and ministry of All Saints Church visit http://www.alls...

"Jesus is our Savior because he woke us up to how much God loves us. Salvation is not being saved from hell, rather it is the awareness that grace and love are already in us." Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on St. Francis Sunday, October 4, 2015. Readings: Galatians 6:14-18 and Mark 11:25-26, 28-30. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqEIl...

“The essence of the Gospel is for ALL of us to love as God loves; to see as God sees – and to include and serve anyone who is on the margins for any reason.” Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Celebration of Ministries Sunday, September 27, 2015. Readings: Numbers 11:4-6, 11-16, 24-25 and Mark 9:38-41. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vf...

"To survive we need to recognize what's wrong but to thrive we need to focus on what COULD be right. And after 20 years as your rector I have learned that together we can actually reinvent a future aligned with God's dream.” Sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Homecoming Sunday, September 20, 2015. Readings: James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a and Mark 9:30-37. Watch this sermon on Yo...

"The truth is the world is full of deep hungers that we DO have the capacity to meet--and that is the work we have the privilege to be called to do--each in our own different, unique, and fabulous ways."  Sermon by the Rev. Susan Russell, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Readings: Psalm 116:1-8 and Mark 8:27-38. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/...

"Learning to perceive all the parts of our journey with compassion and understanding is the only way we can reduce the violence that we project into the world." Sermon by the Rev. Jon Dephouse, at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, September 6, 2015. Readings: James 2:1-10, 14-17 and Mark 7:24-30. Watch this sermon on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Zw1K_Vq7c&feature=youtu.be. Fo...