Sounds from St. Martin's: Recent Episodes
Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Get the latest sermons, music from Evensongs and other events, and seasonal reflections from the clergy, staff, and members of Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Includes the rector's Prayer, Actually Lenten series.
What does it mean to be kadosh - set apart? How does our baptism or the life of the saints help us to understand those times in life when being set apart was not what we asked for, but is a blessing nonetheless? Here from the Rev. Thatcher in her All Saints' Sunday sermon.
Who are your saints? Are they people who served on the battlefields of years past? Or those who contend with the everyday battles of poverty, grief, and illness? At our All Saints' and All Souls' Evensong, The Rev. Laura Palmer reminds us of some of St. Martin's forgotten saints, while she calls to mind some from her own life that they may help us listen for the voices of our own saints.
We've been on a journey to Jerusalem this summer, did you notice? The Rev. Barbara Ballenger guides us along the way and reminds us that the challenges Jesus offered his followers while he was living are still what we must contend with today.
Garry Duncan invites us to build up our spiritual home. We've been hearing Stewardship messages the last few Sunday mornings. Here is one from Garry Duncan reminding us that our buildings are more than just buildings - they hold our spiritual home.
"I'm here because this is home. As we invest in our homes and the bricks and mortar that support us and put a roof over our head, it's also incumbent upon us to invest in the bricks and mortar of our emotional and spiritual home."
As humans we do not like dealing with in between. We prefer people to fit nicely into boxes that we can define and know what to expect. But our God lives and moves in those between areas. The Rev. Anne Thatcher preaches about the cleansing of the 10 Lepers on this Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost.
When we are faced with uncertainty, perhaps is it just a lack of imagination in the great things that God has in store. If we put our trust in Jesus, in God as Lord, we will take hold of the boost we need.
Thank you to the Rev. Dr. William Flippin, Jr. for starting off our 2019-2020 Evensong season!
There are those people in our lives who showed us the faith. The Eunices and Loises and Pauls to us when we are an uncertain Timothy. The people who show us what faith is, what it means to be a person of faith, how to carry on when times get rough and we get a little doubtful or ashamed. The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel tells us about a few of those people in his life. Who is that person in your life?
Sermon based on 2 Timothy, the Epistle reading for the week, found at https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Pentecost/CProp22_RCL.html#nt1
Church intercedes on behalf of God to the world and on behalf of the world to God. ...What does church as intercessor look like?...What would happen if the church abdicated its role as intercessor for the world? The Rev. Anne Thatcher explores these questions as a glimpse of the answers are revealed to us through the scriptures for this morning.
God, again and again, chooses mercy and invites everyone to the party. Are we also willing to put aside our own ideas of who we are and how we define ourselves to accept the invitation to God's radical mercy party?
The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel reads the message of Jeremiah as one of hope for our times. We together are clay that God breaks down and molds into something new. God does not leave us to remake ourselves. This message is one that needs to be shared with our world today - a plan for how to rebuild the confusion of our time, a message of hope for the future, a clear vision of where life is going, for all of us.
Does the banquet table illustration in today's Gospel not convict you enough? How about a recent anniversary and a shared history? The Rev. Carol Duncan takes the Gospel story of the festival banquet and uses it to shine a light into the spaces of our own lives we may not even realize are there.
What makes us choose or refuse to heal? What makes us decide who we believe deserves healing or not? How do we deal with the "cruel light" that healing seems to be - as imagined in C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce? The Rev. Anne Thatcher asks us to reconsider the pain of that light and healing, and God's promise of love and life.
Jesus came to sow division? Is that really what our Gospel is telling us this morning? Or is there more that we must dig deeper in order to find the truth? The Rev. Barbara Ballenger preaches on this 10th Sunday after Pentecost.
As St. Martin's holds our 4th Annual Celebration of Caribbean Emancipation Day, 400 years since the first enslaved persons were brought to this country, what does emancipation mean? And how do we continue to emancipate people from what binds them today?
Our guest preacher this evening is the Rev. René John, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Trenton, New Jersey.
We are called not to live in this world as it is, but to follow in Christ's footsteps, living in this world as though the Kingdom of God is already here.
God is generous and God is merciful. So, why do we not turn to God in our time of need? The Rev. Canon Betsy Ivey, from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, was our guest preacher this morning, bringing a message of hope and grace.
The Rev. Anne Ritchings brings a message to us today straight from the ancient desert fathers and mothers - a reminder of our call to welcome.
Can you imagine sharing your faith with another? In a world full of people desperate for the freedom from voices of hate - both external and internal - can you imagine sharing the voice of God's love? The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel's sermon from July 7 is a call to engage in the evangelism - sharing the words of freedom, peace, and love that the people right next to us need to hear.
Christ sets us free, but the freedom offered is not to be wasted. Quoting the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, the Rev. Carol Duncan reminds us of the blessed responsibilities of our freedom, bringing together how bound up our freedom is with the freedom of others.
Our name is so tied to our identity, that when we do not know another's name it is as if you are implying that they do not matter. What happens when our name is stripped from us, when our identity is stripped from us? And what do we do when a name and identity is stripped from another? The Rev. Anne Thatcher issues her call to action from the Gospel for today.
On this Day of Pentecost, the newly ordained Rev. Barbara Ballenger shows us just what happens when the world says NO, the Holy Spirit breaks through with her YES.
The Rt. Rev. Frank T. Griswold visited St. Martin's this morning to celebrate confirmations and receptions. In his sermon, he speaks of what it must have been like for the disciples in this brief period between the Ascension and Pentecost, awaiting the gift of the Holy Spirit to come.
What is blessing really about and what does Jesus' ascension while giving a blessing to the disciples mean for us as disciples today? Thank you to the Rev. Becca Ehrlich for preaching on Ascension Day.
What does home mean? What does it feel like to be "home?" The Rev. Anne Thatcher preaches this morning about her sense of home in God and with others.
On Kairos Sunday at St. Martin's we celebrated the ministry of our children and youth. One of our Middle School Youth, Daniel Cooper was inspired to offer the sermon connecting today's lectionary with his experience as a youth growing up in times of fear and discord.
All sheep need a shepherd, but how do we know which shepherd to follow among all those vying for our attention?
Guest preacher at Evensong this May was the Rev. Michael S. Rau, rector of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, Rockledge.
This week, the final Sunday of Lent, Palm/Passion Sunday, we reflect upon the Epistle reading from Philippians 2:5-11. For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and Rev. Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.
The Rev. Bonnie McCrickard, our guest preacher at Evensong this week, focuses on the final verse of our Gospel reading today, John 12:8, and wonders what it means for the poor to be with us, and how Jesus means for us to be with the poor.
On the 5th Sunday of Lent, Rev. Jarrett Kerbel discusses the extravagance of Mary's gift to Jesus, as she anointed his feet with perfume using her hair and what Jesus is trying to teach Judas in his response to Judas' objection to this extravagance.
This week, the fifth Sunday of Lent, John 12:1-8
For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.
The Rev. Canon Kirk Berlenbach from the offices of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania visited St. Martin's this week and offered his reading on this week's lesson, the parable of the prodigal son.
This week, the fourth Sunday of Lent, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.
Rev. Jarrett Kerbel believes that the Gospel text for this morning -- Luke 13:1-9 -- is not about sin and punishment, but rather it is about mercy, forgiveness, and tending our souls.
This week, the third Sunday of Lent, Luke 13:1-9 For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.
This week, the first Sunday of Lent, Luke 4:1-13 For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.
God helps those who helps themselves? Is that really what we learn in the Bible? Because Abram couldn't help himself...What if we are meant rather to shelter under God's wing? Barbara Ballenger explores what that life looks like in today's sermon.
This week, the second Sunday of Lent, Luke 13:31-35 For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.
On the first Sunday of Lent, Rev. Jarrett Kerbel tackles the story of Jesus tempted in the desert for 40 days. What temptations do you need to free yourself from in order to exist in love?
This last Sunday of Epiphany, Rev. Thatcher reminds us that we are made in the image of God, and that the veils we wear to hide and separate ourselves from ourselves, others, and God are just an illusion.
Our Epiphany Evensong on Sunday, March 3, 2019 featured guest preacher Rev. Samuel Ndungu, Associate Rector at the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, PA. Rev. Ndungu asks us to recall that, “Our problems that we bring to church were not meant to be handled by human intelligence. I did not come here for somebody to try to fix my problem. I need to speak to Jesus. I need to talk to somebody who can actually assist me.”
It may have been nearly 30 years ago, but Barbara Ballenger's experience singing with her church Gospel Choir in Rochester taught her a lot about how to blend. On this Sunday, as we celebrate the Blessed Absalom Jones, let us practice blending our voices with those around us - what might that song sound like? What would lives lived that way look like?
Have we misread today's Gospel passage from Luke? The Rev. Kerbel thinks that perhaps in the past he has. This week he comes with a new look at Peter's exclamation, "Go Away, Lord" and the ways in which we too tell God the same.
We welcomed the Rev. Dr. Koshy Mathews, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Phoenixville as our guest preacher at Evensong this month.
Gender role subversion in the Gospel of Luke? You might be hearing this first from the Rev. Anne Thatcher. Explore what the Song of Simeon has to teach us today as we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation.
While giving props to the person who first held up the "John 3:16" sign behind the goal posts of a televised football game in the 1970's, the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel suggests that we begin also learning exactly what Luke 4:14 is all about.
We have many beautiful dreamers to look to in our faith - poet Mary Oliver and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. among them. How do we remember them and their dreams? Barb Ballenger suggests we consider how their dreams, and God's, live within us.
How do we move in time with the metronome of life in Christ, harmonized with God? The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel asks us to reflect on this and tune ourselves to God's song.
Rev. Anne Thatcher demonstrates that the love, reconciliation, and forgiveness demonstrated by Sonya in Crime and Punishment is an example of our relationship with God. This epiphany is a revelation for our lives.
This track contains the lectionary readings for the day. Skip to 07:00 for the start of the sermon.
Our Deacon, the Rev. Carol Duncan offers the good news of Christmastide and not being a "white" Christmas.
This audio contains the lectionary readings for the day.
In this Advent reflection, the Rev. Anne Thatcher remembers her initial call to the priesthood.
Music: "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" by the choir of The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
(Original release date: December 20, 2015 - Advent 4)
In her late 90's, parishioner and deacon the Rev. Rena Graves has a lot of experience with waiting. She offers a way to prepare for Christ's birth.
Music: "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" by the choir of The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
(Original release date: December 14, 2015 - Advent 2)
How do we go from a Lenten feeling in Advent to "Rejoice"? How do we rejoice when things aren't so good in our lives or in the world? Barb Ballenger reminds us that the joy of our Advent season is not something that we "flip on like a switch", but is something deeper and greater which comes from our God.
This recording also contains the day's lectionary readings.
"Jesus was born so he could die. As are we," muses parishioner Chris Satullo. Losing a job gave Chris a new perspective on the Advent message.
Music: "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" by the choir of The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
(Original release date: December 6, 2015 - Advent 2)
The Rev. Kerbel compares our life of faith to learning that catchy tune. Sometimes it just gets into us. Listen to Jarrett's take on the pressure to prepare for the coming of the Lord this Advent.
This recording includes the lectionary readings for the day.
How do you maintain hope when darkness abounds? Rev. Anne Thatcher gives us a story today of prophetic imagination linking together her experiences in El Salvador and Hebron over the last few years.
Anne Thatcher's sermon is accompanied by the lectionary readings for the day.
As the days grow darker, and the church begins its annual preparations for the coming of Christ, St. Martin's celebrates with an Advent Procession. This service combines scripture readings with gorgeous choral music. With each reading and anthem, candles are lit, and the church gradually fills with light. This popular St. Martin's tradition is over thirty years old and continues to inspire.
Recording of St. Martin's Choir, led by Erik Meyer, music director and organist.
As she ages, Parishioner Adenike Webb realizes that life isn't as perfect as she used to think it would be. Now, through Jesus, she looks for new ways of belonging and relating in the world.
Who is this Christ the King? What freedom and truth do we find under his reign? The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel reveals how Pilate doesn't "get it" and hopes that we will listen to Jesus, see who he is, and understand his truth.
Correction: The album and song by Wayne Shorter referenced in the sermon is "Speak No Evil" not "Say No Evil."
Hannah's prayer is a prayer of reversal. Writ large, it is a prayer for the turning of the world. In a world that seems full of changes, what is the prayer of turning that we speak?
Barb Ballenger's sermon is accompanied by the lectionary readings for the day and special offertory music, The Song of Hannah byAndrea Clearfield. This song, commissioned by the Women's Sacred Music Project, debuted at the Annual Convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and was sung at parishes around the diocese this morning. Learn more at http://womenssacredmusicproject.org/commissioned-anthem-song-of-hannah/
Happy St. Martin's Day! We are so blessed to have Martin of Tours as our patron saint. Martin has much to teach us about giving up what we hold on to in order to follow Christ. Especially on this, the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of World War I. Listen to Rev. Jarrett Kerbel as he shares how to celebrate St. Martin the soldier and St. Martin the bishop.
This track includes the lectionary readings for St. Martin's Day as well as the hymn of St. Martin as written by the Rt. Rev. Frank Griswold.
The Rev. Anne Thatcher asks us how to cope with the grief and the need for hope in our time. How do we continue to combat evil and speak in love? We name. What does she mean by that? Listen to learn more...
This track includes the lectionary readings for the day.
Why are you here, at St. Martin's? What leads you to pledge? Jim Buehler answers this question for himself and invites you to ask that question of yourself as we approach St. Martin's Day this coming Sunday, November 11.
Chris Satullo invites one and all to week two of our "Can We Talk: Conversations Across Difference" series at Parish forum on Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m.
Rev. John Hougen invites one and all to the weekly Sermon Reflections series through Wellspring at St. Martin's
Al Good uses music to weave together our Come Together theme for Stewardship this year.
Some things are not about us, but they are for us. Some messages are not about us, but they are for us. Sunday's gospel readings reflect how what happened this weekend is not about us, but it is for us to respond to. What must we be clear about and how must we respond in love?
This recording includes the three lectionary readings of the day for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25.
Finding true Christianity may mean losing oneself, but that is the central invitation to us from Jesus. What does it mean to die to ourselves so that we can live for God? Barb Ballenger explores her own journey to discovery during this week's sermon, and invites us to our own.
What does it mean to lay everything down and follow God? The Rev. Anne Thatcher combines stories from her own life, as well as that of St. Oscar Romero, to help illustrate this morning's readings. What do you need to lay down in order to follow God's call in your life?
Audio recording includes all three lectionary texts from this morning.
What does it mean when so many people use #blessed on their social media messages of gratitude? Does the true meaning of blessing get lost? The Rev. Amy Yoder McGloughlin, pastor of Frazer Mennonite Church and our guest preacher at this service of Evensong, uses the readings from Job to guide us to a deeper understanding of blessed.
On Saturday evening, a startling revelation from his wife over dinner stopped the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel in his tracks. This compelled him to rewrite his sermon for this morning. In his first sermon upon returning from sabbatical, Rev. Kerbel offers a pastoral and yet challenging message about who and how we need to be in this moment.
What examples do our readings this morning hold for us on what it means to become a beloved community? How does a beloved community act? What should we watch for? And how does our Becoming Beloved Community plan address these lessons? Rev. Carol Duncan guides us through these questions and reminds us that, "Whoever is not against us is for us."
Barb Ballenger's sermon this morning uses the story of “The Selfish Giant”, abbreviated from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) by Oscar Wilde to illuminate Sunday's lectionary and Jesus' spiritual practice for his disciples: Radical Hospitality.
In this week's passage from Mark, we see Jesus preparing his disciples for the end of his life. What we are seeing here is an example for us - of gladly taking up our crosses, but of also enlisting those around us in the community of faith for support.
When James calls us out on our human condition of partiality in today's scripture lesson, it is uncomfortable to hear. Almost as uncomfortable as what Jesus says in today's reading from Mark. And yet, we see a Jesus both fully human and fully divine in these verses. What does that teach us this morning?
Barb Ballenger brings us back to the mid-1990's and her time in a performing arts ministry. One of the characters she created was Annie Wim, one of the anawim (ah-nah-weem) of the Hebrew scriptures - the lowly ones, the bowed down. Annie was certain she would be married to God. Her radical belief in being the beloved of God may make some uncomfortable but has something to teach us as well.
With the voter engagement efforts coming out of St. Martin's in the works, Rev. Taylor talks about Joshua and the people of Israel as they voted for their God. What does it mean, and what do we agree to when we vote for our God?
How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Sit down and mull that one over anew with Rev. Carol Duncan in her sermon from August 19, 2018. Her understanding of the Eucharist has grown and deepened over the years and she invites you to consider where your understanding is today.
A tragic story from the news this weekend, and Paul's word for us this Sunday, remind the Rev. Phyllis Taylor of all the ways we must remember and reflect the example from God on managing our anger.
On our celebration of Emancipation Day, Barb Ballenger asks who we depend on, and wonders if our independence gets in the way of our freedom.
How does one engage in the work of social justice when one is a deep introvert? The Rev. Carol Duncan reflects on her feelings of scarcity and how today's Gospel reminds her to trust in God's abundance.
This Sunday we welcome our Interim Rector, the Rev. Phyllis Taylor, to the pulpit for her first sermon during Rev. Jarrett Kerbel's sabbatical.
What's it like to be with Jesus in the boat on the Sea of Galilee? And what's it like to be called to ministry with Jesus no matter the storms that we face? Barb Ballenger reflects on our Gospel reading in the context of our day.
Jarrett reflects on lessons from the life and ministry of the Rev. Elinor Robinson "Nellie" Greene.
Associate for Spiritual Formation & Care, Barb Ballenger talks about her upcoming summer of Clinical Pastoral Education, a part of her seminary education.
What does it mean that our God is a Trinity? The theology can be complicated, but the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel breaks it down into one simple lesson.
"May we live the life of the Trinity boldly and selflessly so that the world can be healed and transformed." We were honored to have the Rt. Rev. Frank Griswold celebrate confirmations and receptions with us this Trinity Sunday.
What is the essential question that Pentecost asks of us? Rev. Anne's answer involves love, fire, and inspiration from a couple of bishops.
The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel recently spent some time in Haiti with Beyond Borders and returned with a message about delight - the delight of God in us, and the delight of us in God.
"Love walked into a Starbucks..." Barb Ballenger describes how and through whom love acts in the world and the radical nature of a God of love.
What is preventing me from being baptized? From entering into loving relationship with God in Christ? Rev. Jarrett Kerbel breaks down the exclusion and shame that keep us and others from fully living in the liberating love we proclaim.
Deacon Carol Duncan challenges us to consider the intersection of who is most negatively affected by climate change, while reminding us that we breathe together the breath of life.
The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel's sermon from Easter Day. We are left in the new life given to us by Christ, in a state of blessed confusion.
From St. Martin's Good Friday 2018 presentation of "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross". Music and the third phrase from Christ on the Cross, "“Woman, behold your son! Behold your mother.” from John 19:26-27 reflected on by The Rev. Carol Duncan. Music composed by Franz Joseph Haydn, played by the Fairmount String Quartet.
What do we learn this Easter from Jesus, the teacher? Barb Ballenger gives the homily at Easter Vigil on March 31, 2018. Gospel reading by The Rev. Carol Duncan, deacon.
The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel describes the prayer of surrender, including a guided meditation. This is the final episode in our 2018 Lenten series.
Jarrett shares a story of how hope can bring restoration and change through the cross in his sermon from this Sunday.
What do you do when you're afraid? The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel shares a lesson on prayer he learned one Sunday from elementary school-aged children in Children's Chapel at St. Martin's.
In our fourth episode, the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel explores St. Paul's passage in Romans about prayer as the Holy Spirit praying in us.
Krys Cooper and Alyson Harvey perform Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" in a special musical prelude, and The Rev. Sarah Cooper Searight preaches.
For our third episode, the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel offers an alternative way to approach the Lord's Prayer, one most think of as a prayer of petition.
Rev. Anne encourages us to believe and trust in our own calls as disciples of Jesus Christ in her sermon for our Lenten journey.
In this second episode of "Prayer, Actually", a Lenten podcast, The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel describes the basic assumptions of prayer.
In the wake of yet another school shooting, Jarrett delivers a call to action in this Sunday's sermon.
Welcome to the first episode of Prayer, Actually. The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel opens this Lenten podcast series on prayer and meditation with a description of the prayer of examen offered on Ash Wednesday.
Jarrett reflects on the life and ministry of Absalom Jones, the first African-American priest ordained in the Episcopal Church.
Evening Service (Preces and Responses, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) by Erik Meyer
Guest Preacher: The Rev. Winnie Varghese, Trinity Church, Wall Street
Barb Ballenger's sermon describes the gift to us that was the ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi, the first woman ordained in the Anglican Communion.
Rev. Jarrett reflects on God's call in our lives, even when we feel we are unqualified.
Rev. Anne weaves together the examples of the prophets of Scripture with our modern-day prophet The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in her sermon from this Sunday.
Barb Ballenger asks what calls each of us here, or anywhere, and where we can find Jesus this season after Epiphany.
Parishioner John Howe, who traveled to St. Martin's companion parishes in Guatemala this year, reflects on the Parable of the Good Shepherd, asking himself the question, "Who is my neighbor?"
Barb's sermon from this Sunday helps keep us focused as we continue through Advent and anticipate Christmas.
Parishioner Minter Krotzer compares the sense of awe and expectation she felt as a child when opening the windows in the Advent calendar to the new-found awe she has now as an adult.
Jarrett reflects on the liberating message in the readings for the second Sunday of Advent.
Parishioner Barbara Dundon, who describes herself as an over-caffeinated, get-it-done person, describes how surgery caused her to confront her demons.
On the first Sunday in Advent, Anne reflects in her sermon on the beginning of this season of waiting and expectation.
Jarrett offers comfort and encouragement in this Sunday's sermon as we prepare to begin the new church year in Advent.
Barb Ballenger unpacks the difficult and controversial Parable of the Talents (with a little help from Si Kahn) in her sermon this Sunday.
Parishioner Erin Horvat encourages us to embrace God's abundance and overcome the fear of scarcity in our lives.
The Rev. Canon Shawn Wamsley visits St. Martin's on All Saints' Sunday and shares this hopeful reflection on our identity as a community of Christians.
Executive Director of Cristosal Noah Bullock preaches about his work in Central America's northern triangle, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
If a stone has been rejected for its uneven shape or its weakness, why does Jesus compare himself to that stone?
Barb digs into this week's Gospel in her sermon on the life of the Black educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist Octavius Catto.
Rev. Jarrett shares personal testimonies about the importance of our 9 a.m. style of worship in creating intimacy in the Eucharist.
Parishioner Joanne Conway remembers awaiting the birth of her son, who arrived in his own time and in his own way. Every Advent she returns to this time of waiting. . . and wonder.
The Rev. Anne Thatcher gives her sermon for Advent 4 and, using her experience this summer in Israel and Palestine, has us imagine a child born in a conflict zone.