Sermon by: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan“The Compassion of God“Dec 8, 2024 In the Monastery of the Cross, an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the city of Jerusalem, there is a medieval fresco depicting two men. One is elderly, with a long gray beard, wearing…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Prophets, Presence, and the Promise of Truth“Dec 1, 2024 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly, like a trap.”…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Apocalypse Now“Nov 17, 2024Reading: The Gospel of Mark 13:1-8 If you are a film buff, the word “apocalypse” may bring to mind images from the 1977 movie Apocalypse Now, images of the terror and darkness, violence and death, associated…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Here and Now: A Moment that Matters“A Sermon for All Saints’ SundayNov 3, 2024 In an introduction to the book All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson wrote, “It is a…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Walk in Love”October 20, 2024 “Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” This verse from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is the source of the offertory sentence…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“The Children are Watching”October 22, 2024Text: Mark 9:30-37 Once again in today’s Gospel passage, Jesus centers children, insisting to his frustratingly slow-to-catch-on disciples that it is to “such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.” Throughout this ongoing…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Walking the Way”September 29, 2024Text: Mark 9:38-50 Have you ever heard people say that they want to “burn it all down”? The “it” in question is usually an institution or a powerful force in our society, like patriarchy or…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Planting a Fruitful Future”September 22, 2024Text: Mark 9:30-37 I recently read a story about a woman who moved with her young family from the city, where she had always lived, to a suburban house with a big backyard. One…
Sermon by: The Rev. Pamela Dolan“Faith, Hope, and Love”September 8, 2024 Rooted in faith, growing in hope, reaching out in love. I imagine that most of you have heard me talk about our mission statement at least a couple of times in the past,…
Message from the Rector: June 2023 June 9, 2023 Solvitur ambulando: It is solved by walking. –Attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo My sabbatical begins on Monday, June 19. Much of my three months “away” will be spent close to home, mostly reading and…
