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"The sermon is a brief time near the middle of our Episcopal liturgy when the priest or deacon or lay preacher opens and examines scripture in the context of a community... How do this week’s lectionary passages speak to us? What are they calling us, specifically, to do?"
"American theologian Ellen Davis, who works back in North Carolina at Duke Divinity School, put another important aspect of a sermon in focus when she famously wrote, "The preacher is called to love the scriptures in public." ... I hope that my love of scripture will come through in my sermons as your rector."
- Fr. John Wakefield, June 16, 2024
The Rev. John Wakefield
6 days ago7 min read
An Epiphany that Parties in the Dark
God wants our communities of faith to be parties so compelling that no one can see us and deny the truth of love, the goodness of this life.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Jan 127 min read
An Epiphany that Reveals the New Creation
We believe that God reveals that Jesus Christ is the beloved, the sign of a new way of being in the world. What will that mean for us?
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Jan 65 min read
An Epiphany that Shines for All
Epiphany gives us a chance to live our lives in response to this revelation, this manifestation, this glory of God made flesh.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Jan 57 min read
A Life of Hope Made Possible
There is a hope bigger than our despair, a hope based in the incarnation of Christmas and in the faithfulness and abundant love of God.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Dec 29, 20246 min read
The Mystical Beauty of the Word Made Flesh
No one has ever seen God, but we have seen his glory, full of grace and truth, come through the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Dec 25, 20245 min read
Undignified, Outrageous Joy to the World
We have much to be outrageously joyful about: the Almighty Creator God came to be with us and continues to be with us, this and every day.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Dec 24, 20245 min read
Wherever You Find Love, It Feels Like Christmas
That is the message of Christmas: God is love, God chose and chooses to be with us, and now we need merely to love, and love abundantly.
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The Rev. Robert Linstrom
Dec 22, 20246 min read
God's Love Will Remake the World
May we see that which is sacred in our world. May we see in our vulnerability and our common humanity vessels for God's revolutionary love.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Dec 15, 20248 min read
The Answer to Our Deepest Longings
Our encounter with Jesus must change us for the better of ourselves and our community... Only he is the answer to our deepest longings.
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The Rt. Rev. Skip Adams
Dec 14, 20246 min read
Outward and Visible Signs
All of us are to be outward and visible signs of the grandeur and beauty of God in service, in eldering, in oversight, for the sake of all.
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Janet MacKenzie
Dec 8, 20245 min read
This Loving, Frustrating, Irritating, Forgiving Community
We did not always agree. We did not always cooperate. But we worked and thought and struggled and prayed. And we all grew.
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The Rev. Michael Ryan
Dec 1, 20249 min read
Thank You for Being the Church
Jesus is calling us from the future, saying, I see you, and all is well, and we will go through tough times, but we have this, the church.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Nov 24, 20248 min read
We Lead Like Roz, Like Jesus
Christians must follow the example of Christ their King and get invested, get alongside those we love, in reciprocal, beloved community.
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Jim Wright
Nov 17, 20246 min read
The Future is Here, Now
The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness. Jesus spent 40 days there. Epiphany split the difference at 4 years.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Nov 10, 20248 min read
A Peculiar People is More than Enough
Jesus came to teach us to love God and love neighbor beyond any reasonable metric, with everything we have and with everything we are.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Nov 2, 20248 min read
Lives of Hope and Love, Together
This end goal for all of creation? We are participants in it. For our part, the way we get there is simply this: loving God and neighbor.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Oct 26, 20249 min read
The One About Gandalf and Sam
Though no one wants to endure suffering, we will all face it; it is ours to decide what our response will be. Respond first with prayer.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Oct 19, 20247 min read
True Power is Self-Sacrificing, Abundant Love
The power of Jesus, of the Kingdom of God, comes not through a sword or a gun or a gavel or a position of power but through the cross.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Oct 13, 20248 min read
At Church, All Things are Possible
I argue that the best way to give up your “one thing” and to follow Jesus is to be a connected and committed part of your local church.
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The Rev. John Wakefield
Oct 6, 202410 min read
Angels? Demons? Miracles? Be Like Jesus.
What I do know is that being a Christian involves practicing the Way, being like this Jesus whom we see in the Gospels and in the Church.
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