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Jesus promises true rest and peace--especially for the burdened and weary. But in what may seem like a contradiction, he also says we must take his yoke and learn from him in order to learn the ways of this rest. Fr Michael preaches from Matthew 11:25-30.

Jesus' words in today's gospel reading (Matthew 10:34-42) are challenging: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." What do these words mean and how can they guide us to become peacemakers rather than mere peacekeepers? Fr. Michael preaches.

In this week's Gospel reading (Matthew 10:16-33), Jesus sends his disciples out on mission, and in doing so, leads them along a path in which they will be asked to take up their cross and endure hardship because of Him. But Jesus doesn't leave his disciples without hope: though they will be asked to deny themselves comfort, acceptance, and even physical safety, he anchors them in God's...

Fr. Michael reflects on 2 Corinthians 13:14 for this Trinity Sunday meditation.

Jacob Palmer preaches from Act 2:1-21 for Pentecost Sunday.

On this Ascension Sunday, Fr. Michael returns to a question we looked at when Eastertide began: how do we see Jesus today? Earlier in Eastertide, we learned how we see him in the Word and at Table, but in Ephesians 1:22-23, we see that the Ascension calls out into the world beyond the four walls of our worship. There, we live as his body, bearing the knowledge of God to our neighborhoods and citie...

Dr. Daniel Hill preaches from 1 Peter 2:1-12 for the fifth Sunday in Eastertide.

For Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Eastertide, Fr. Michael preaches on Psalm 23:1-4.

How do we see Jesus? Fr. Michael preaches from Luke 24:13-35 for the third Sunday in Eastertide, and in this magnificent post-Resurrection passage, we see that the disciples on the road to Emmaus see Him the same we do today: through the Word and at his table.

Focusing on the Apostle Thomas, Fr. Matthew Aughtry preaches on John 20:19-31 for the Second Sunday in Eastertide.

Alleluia, Christ is risen! What does the resurrection mean for us today? On this Easter & baptism Sunday, Fr. Michael unpacks what it looks like to practice resurrection, reflecting on Exodus 14:10-31.

Reflecting on Philippians 2:5-11, Dcn. Erin Moniz explores how Jesus' apparent weakness on display in Holy Week disrupts our understanding of power and forms us into those who, like Christ, give of themselves for the good of others.

As we close out our Lenten sermon series, Fr. Michael explores John 11:1-44 to see how Jesus meets us in our strategies for dealing with disappointment and death. As he meets us, he doesn't condemn us for these strategies, and in the end, he wants to have the final word over them--for our good and freedom.

In Ephesians 4:32-5:4, St. Paul encourages the Ephesian church to pursue a life of purity as a proper response to God's extravagant love revealed in Christ. In this fourth installment of our Lenten series, Fr. Michael explores this important teaching from the Apostle Paul.

In John 4, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. And what begins with him asking her for a drink, ends with Jesus helping her retell her story, allowing her to see that, with all the ups and downs of her life, she's been thirsting for God. Fr. Michael preaches.

On this Second Sunday of Lent, this sermon preached by Dr. Elizabeth Shively focuses on Jesus’s nighttime conversation with Nicodemus in John 3:1–16. Jesus speaks of a birth “from above,” a work of the Spirit that no one can engineer or achieve. To see the kingdom is to receive eternal life—God’s own life breaking into the present. Pointing to the Son of Man lifted up, this sermon explores surrend...

On this first Sunday in Lent, we begin a new series entitled, "Die Before You Die: Walking with Jesus through Lent," and in our passage for today (Matthew 4:1-11), we find ourselves with Jesus in the wilderness. In Lent, we learn to normalize the wildernesses of life, knowing that Jesus has willingly gone before us into them. Fr. Michael preaches.

Where is hope to be found in the ashes of Ash Wednesday? Fr. Matthew Aughtry delivers this year's Ash Wednesday sermon, reflecting on Jonah 3:1-4:4.

Once a year at All Saints, we hold a guided "tour" of our liturgy by providing brief commentary as we make our way through our worship service. This year, for the final Sunday in Epiphany (Transfiguration Sunday), Fr. Michael delivered a brief homily to help frame our form of worship as a kind of "re-storying." That is, the liturgy Anglicans follow makes room for participants t...

On this World Mission Sunday, Mategyero Nuwamanya preaches from Isaiah 49:1-7, reflecting on how the Servant's mission in this passage becomes the mission of God's people.

Continuing in our series, "The Quartet of the Vulnerable," Fr. Michael looks to Amos 5:4-15 to help us wrap our minds around who the poor are among us and how we're meant to reflect God's character in our treatment of them.

As we continue in our Epiphanytide series, "Quartet of the Vulnerable," listen in as Dr. Tiffani Harris, Associate Pastor at Dayspring Baptist Church , preaches from the book of Ruth to help us grasp God's concern for the migrant.

In this Epiphany season, we're taking a look at the " quartet of the vulnerable " with a new sermon series of the same title. In this first sermon, we look at Micah 6:1-8 to discover the "why" of our concern for these vulnerable populations. Fr. Michael preaches.

As we welcome the Gift of Emmanuel on this second Sunday of Christmas, Deacon Erin Moniz uses our lectionary passages to help us see that we are formed by receiving, giving, and wonder.

This first Sunday in Christmastide has us in John's magnificent prologue to his gospel, John 1:1-18. In particular, Fr. Michael unpacks verse 14 for today's sermon: "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."