Episcopal Church of All Saints, Indianapolis

"Scripture is layered with helplessness and hopelessness because life is layered with helplessness and hopelessness." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the fifth Sunday in Lent (March 21, 2021). Readings: Jer. 31:31-34; Ps. 51:1-13; Heb. 5:5-10; Jn. 12:20-33

"The 'course of this world' says when you have sinned, or hurt somebody, or hurt yourself, or not loved another person or yourself like you know that you should, there's no going back, no making it better. When you're damaged you're damaged. When you're dead you're dead." The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the fourth Sunday in Lent (March 14, 2021). Readings: Num. 21:4-9; Ps. 103:1-2, 17-22; Ep...

"I know I could benefit from Jesus flipping a few tables in my own heart." Mr. Jason Fortner preaches on the third Sunday in Lent (March 7, 2021). Readings: Ex. 20:1-17; Ps. 19; 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Jn. 2:12-22

"Dare we believe that even now, even here, God's promise stands?" The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the second Sunday in Lent (February 28, 2021). Readings: Gen. 17:1-7, 15-16; Ps. 22:22-30; Rom. 4:13-25; Mk. 8:31-38

"How can you think God is loving, that God loves you, when you're all alone, out here in the desert, surrounded by threatening beasts?" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the first Sunday in Lent (February 21, 2021). Readings: Gen. 9:8-17; Ps. 25:1-9; 1 Pet. 3:18-22; Mk. 1:9-15

"All things come to an end, friends. On the other side of Lent there is Easter. On the other side of a pandemic is a future of hugs and reunions and new and happy memories. On the other side of the cross is an empty tomb. On the other side of death is life." The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on Ash Wednesday (February 17, 2021). Readings:

"Do you know what I say after a crummy year when we've had enough of reality and doing our duty and being careful and being alone? Do you know what I say as we face another Lent in lockdown, after a year that has felt like 52 straight weeks of Lent?" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the last Sunday after the Epiphany (February 14, 2021). Readings: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Ps. 50:1-6; 2 Cor. 4:3-6; Mk,...

"Crowds of people are queuing up to get the cure, jockeying for position, figuring out how to cut the line. An exhausted health care worker slips out at dawn to catch the briefest moment of stillness before going back to work. Is this a description of life in 2021, or just the first chapter of St. Mark's Gospel?" The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (February 7...

"We've forgotten how to make room for one another - I move a little; you move a little." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (January 31, 2021). Readings: Deut. 18:15-20; Ps. 111; 1 Cor. 8:1-13; Mk, 1:21-28

"It may be a new year, but it might not feel like it." The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the the third Sunday after the Epiphany (January 24, 2021). Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Ps. 62:6-14; 1 Cor. 7:29-31; Mk. 1:14-20

"I’m hoping for a childlike trust, like Samuel, like Eli, like Dr. King, a trust that we are in God’s hands and, so, we can hear, we can speak, we can act, for God’s truth." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the second Sunday after the Epiphany (January 17, 2021). Readings: 1 Sam. 3:1-20; Ps. 139:1-5, 12-17; 1 Cor. 6:12-20; Jn. 1:43-51

"That shimmering moment of baptism that adopted us into the family of God, that marked us as Christ's own, beloved, for ever - that can, that must, sustain us through any wilderness, through all temptations." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ (January 10, 2021). Readings: Gen. 1:1-5; Ps. 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mk. 1:4-11

"To be alive is to be on the move." The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the second Sunday after Christmas (January 3, 2021). Readings: Jer. 31:7-14; Ps. 84:1-8; Eph. 1:3-6, 15-19a; Mat. 2:13-15, 19-23

"Celebrating Christmas for more than one day gives us some room to consider other aspects of this holy season that we don't normally have time for." The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the first Sunday after Christmas (December 27, 2020). Readings: Is. 61:10-62:3; Ps. 147:13-21; Gal. 3:23-25, 4:4-7; Jn. 1:1-18

"This Christmas might just be a dumpster fire, but isn't that the human condition generally?" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2020). Readings: Is.9:2-7; Lk. 2:1-20

"There is a hole in our hearts, a hole in our spirits. We have made mistakes, those things done and left undone. So much is wrong in our lives and in the world. We need not only face our own mistakes and the sins of others, but something larger...On the fourth Sunday of Advent we come face to face with Hell." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the fourth Sunday of Advent (December 20, 2020). Re...

"The future, the life hereafter, the things to come—this is what Advent is all about...Heaven and Hell, too, though we may talk of them like distant realities, are so close—perhaps too close for comfort." The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the third Sunday of Advent (December 13, 2020). Readings: Is. 61:1-4, 8-11; Ps. 126; 1 Thes. 5:16-24; Jn. 1:6-8, 19-28

“Judgment: it can be a thing of entertainment, until it comes to religion. Then we get really uncomfortable…Perhaps it would be easier if we thought of God more like Paul Hollywood or Prue Leith.” The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the second Sunday of Advent (December 6, 2020). Readings: Is. 40:1-11; Ps. 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Pet. 3:8-15a; Mk. 1:1-8

“As we wait for the winter to be over, as we wait for this pandemic to be over, as we wait to remember once again the birth of this child: keep awake.” The Rev. Samuel T. Vaught preaches on the first Sunday of Advent (November 29, 2020). Readings: Is. 64:1-9; 1 Cor. 1:3-9; Ps. 80:1-7; 16-18; Mk. 13:24-37

"God is found not only in mystical visions on mountaintops after years of prayer and study...We don't have to strain after God. Rather Christ is found in our neighbor, in the bodies of those around us - the beautiful, and the boring." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Feast of Christ the King (November 22, 2020). Readings: Ezek. 34:11-16, 20-24; Ps. 95:1-7a; Eph. 1:15-23; Matt. 25:31-46 Im...

"If we want our hearts to be filled with more of God's love, to be with the church, to be with the poor, to be with the least and the lost, we can lead our hearts with our treasure." The Rev. Scott Gunn preaches on the twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost (November 15, 2020). Readings: Zeph. 1:7, 12-18; Ps. 90; 1 Thes. 5:1-11; Matt. 25:14-30

"We dislike a judge-y God, but come on friends, we like judgment." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost (October 8, 2020) Readings: Amos 5:18-24; Ps. 70; 1 Thes. 4:13-18; Matt. 25:1-13.

"If you are in need of strength, or an excuse for the choices you are making as you seek to live and bring love in these extraordinary days, say the names of the saints and the souls who have gone before. And not just today...but say them often and keep them close always, because the communion of saints is always in effect." The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows preaches on the Feast of All Sa...

"Simplicity is so tempting. Boil complexity down into a couple of nuggets so we know what to do, whether in religion or other parts of our lives...Want to succeed at work? Never start your day with email - but wait, hold on - make sure you start your day at inbox zero." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (October 25, 2020). Readings: Lev. 19:1-2, 15-18; P...

"But a smart rabbi knows that there are more than two choices - that sometimes a question is best answered with a question." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (October 18, 2020). Readings: Is. 45:1-7; Ps. 96:1-9; 1 Thess. 1:1-10; Matt. 22:15-22