Sermon on March 8, 2026“Is God Among Us or Not?”By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan “Is the Lord among us or not?” If you believe the testimony of the Psalm, the Israelites were punished for asking that question. Maybe. But I’d like to think…
Sermon on February 18, 2026“Ashes and Dust”By: The Ven. Margaret GraydenReadings: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 I’ve always found more than a little irony in the Ash Wednesday service. We’ve just heard Jesus warn us against wearing signs of piety on our foreheads like the hypocrites. …
Sermon on February 8, 2026“Salt of the Earth”By: Kimo KimokeoReadings: Matthew 5:13-20 Our gospel reading for this Sunday has us continuing in Matthew 5 with Jesus still speaking to the large crowd on the mountain side—a crowd made up of His Disciples, others who…
Sermon on February 1, 2026“Good News”By: The Very Rev. Pamela DolanReadings: Matthew 5:1-12 “Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria,…
Sermon on January 18, 2026“Signs and Manifestations”By: The Very Rev. Pamela Dolan The Gospel readings during the Sundays after Epiphany are all variations on a theme. Regardless of what lectionary year we’re in, the readings serve the same purpose, which is to help us…
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…
