Sermon on January 11, 2026“Baptism of Jesus: Balancing Humility and Righteousness”By: The Ven. Magraret Grayden One of the better-known sayings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is that “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” I believe that…
Sermon on January 4, 2026“Getting Directions“By: The Rev. Deboarah Hawkins2 Jeremiah 31:7-14, Psalm 84, Ephesians 1:1-6,15-19a, Matthew 2:1-12; 15B A life of faith, walking “the pilgrims’ way” as the psalmist puts it, is a life dedicated to walking ever more deeply into the mystery…
Sermon on December 24, 2025“Christmas Eve“By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan The first time my picture was ever in the paper, I was four years old. The paper was the Vacaville Reporter, and the picture was of me in a bathing suit, sitting crisscross…
Sermon on December 14, 2025“Mary, Mother of Joy“By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan If, like me, you are a woman who grew up Catholic, you might have a complicated relationship with Mary. You know Mary: the only person besides Jesus to have been born…
Sermon on November 30, 2025“Changed for Good“By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan Collect of the Day: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in…
Sermon on November 16, 2025“Life Doesn’t Rhyme“By: The Rev. Mike Kinman Hear the Gospel according to Rainer Maria Rilke God speaks to each of us as she makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear:…
Sermon on November 9, 2025“Good Things, Bad Things“Job 19:23-27aBy: The Rev. Ernie Lewis All of us, or most of us anyway, pretty much subscribe to the notion that if people are good, good things happen to them. And conversely, if they’re bad, bad things…
Sermon on November 2, 2025“All Y’all: A Sermon for All Saints”By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan One of the best expressions I learned living in the almost-southern state of Missouri was “all y’all.” Being an English major to my core, my first instinct was…
Sermon on October 19, 2025“River of Life, River of Prayer”By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan I’m almost certainly going to get this story a little wrong, but I hope you’ll bear with me. Perhaps it happened at a monastery, an ancient place hidden on…
Sermon on October 5, 2025“Increase Our Faith”By: Kimo Kimokeo Ann Lamott, American novelist, non-fiction writer and New York Times bestselling author has penned several books chronicling the struggles and challenges of her Christian faith. Her writing is bold and to the point. In her book titled…
