Episcopal Church Of The Holy Communion University City

Where is your Galilee? Where does the Risen Christ invite you to go, to look, to listen, and to recognize him at work, already ahead of you?

The Rev. Beth Scriven preaches at the Easter Vigil. The Resurrection is both more frightening and more enlivening than we can imagine.

Faced with our injustice, faced with our sin, God chooses forgiveness. God chooses grace. God chooses love. This Friday is good.

Tonight our movement takes us to the room where Jesus' disciples gathered for one last meal together. Jesus bends to wash their feet.

On Palm Sunday Jesus’ march said “We will stand where Jesus stands, with the outsiders, with the outcasts, with the victims, with the immigrants, the LGBTQ+, the women, the children, the people of color. We will make a spectacle!"

Do we understand that seeing Jesus, really seeing Jesus might ask more of ourselves than we’re ready to offer? Are we ready to see Jesus? Are we ready to offer our whole selves for the chance?

The Rev. Marc Smith meditates on that old gem from scripture: "God So Loved The World, that he gave his only Son"

Discernment in life often involves not only saying “yes” to God’s call, but saying “no” to all sorts of other potentially fun, enriching, and engaging opportunities. To deeply say yes, sometimes we have to say no.

Seminarian Meg Goldstein preaches her first sermon at Holy Communion on the messiness of life, parenting, and faith.

This Lent my question to you is simple: how will you use this wilderness time? How will you make sense of these days?

Yes, today we remember that we are dust. But also: Remember you belong to god, and to god you shall return.

The Rev. Mike Angell preaches: "If we are to see God’s glory, all of humanity fully alive, we will need to dismantle some of what we thought was glorious."

The Rev. Chester Hines: Go to your Deserted Place by Holy Communion

The Rev. Hope Welles Jernagen, executive director of Magdalene St. Louis comes to talk about the practice of faith and the practice of feminism. How can we learn from women in recovery from sexual exploitation and addiction at this time of #metoo? What does our faith have to say about gender, power, and healing?

The transitions can be difficult. Moving beyond what was and into what might be, can feel scary, but it is the only way forward. Put your stock in the future. Have faith. And know that, no matter how much you grumble, God won’t leave you alone.

Our rector preaches a sermon on the text "I will make you fishers of people." The Jesus movement needs leaders who will reach out, build community, help to stitch people into the kind of relationships where they can hear the words: “you are valued, you matter, you are loved.” That message is truly the good news God has.

Guest preacher, the Rev. Emily Wachner, preaches about Jonah and the importance of commitment.

Until Dr. King’s “Revolution of Human Rights” is complete, we live in hope, and we listen for a vision, even in a time when visions are rare. Keep dreaming. Keep working. Keep moving forward. We shall overcome.

Seminarian Mary Haggerty asks us to keep our eyes up, to see God all around us.

Where does this story take place? The answer is more complex and beautiful the harder you look. For in the end the story can take place only in the hearts of all those who long for God. The love of God comes among us, yes even us. The answer to the question is up to you. Where will this story take place for you this Christmas?