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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
1 day ago6 min read
Jesus our Mother Hen
When I was going through the discernment process, which is church speak for the communal way an individual determines if they are...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Mar 113 min read
Lent 1 and Ash Wednesday reflection
One of my favorite ways that I have heard sin talked about is less about things you’ve done, thoughts you’ve had, that made us good or...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Feb 266 min read
Do the thing, all y’all, with grace…
We pick up today where we left off with last week’s Gospel. We heard the first half of the sermon on the plain, where Jesus offers...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Feb 186 min read
Yikes, We’ve accepted the status quo, when we could have the kingdom…
God of blessing and woe, disturbing the deadly order of the world: give us faith tested in poverty, hunger for what really satisfies,...
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John Austin
Feb 116 min read
Sermon for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany
God of all purpose and all meaning, We come together because we need you And we need each other, And we need to hear your word. And if we...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Feb 46 min read
Two turtle doves
One of the greatest gifts we have in Scripture—perhaps because it is good literature, or it can be read or interpreted in a multitude of...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jan 295 min read
Prophesy fulfilled in our hearing
Friends, it is so good to be back with you. This is a wild time to return to you all, and I am so grateful. If you are not aware, much of...
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John Austin
Jan 294 min read
Sermon for 2nd Sunday in Epiphany, January 19, 2025
God be in our head, and in our understanding. God be in our eyes, and in our looking. God be in our mouth, and in our speaking. God be in...
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Sherry Mattson
Jan 296 min read
Sermon for Trinity Episcopal-Houghton, January 5, 2025
Open our hearts, O Spirit. open our minds and our spirits. Let us use what you have given us. Let us trust what you have shown us. Let us...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Dec 17, 20246 min read
The Prophetic Communion of Elizabeth and Mary
While I never made an official announcement at the beginning of this Advent season, you may have seen in our bulletin or email, that...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Dec 4, 20245 min read
Fear Not
If you have sat near the kiddos in our service or been to a fellowship hour in the last few weeks, you may have noticed that my kiddo,...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Nov 27, 20245 min read
Christ the King
This week, we celebrate the last Sunday of ordinary time in the church calendar. Next week, we will begin a new church year, with the...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Nov 20, 20245 min read
Living during a great emergence
There is a phenomenon in the Judeo-Christian faith that every 500 years or so, “the church” undergoes major systemic change. We can look...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Nov 13, 20245 min read
Pay attention. Notice.
You may know that this week, Trinity officially kicked off its season of stewardship, and the Gospel passage today is one that is usually...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Oct 22, 20245 min read
The cold plunge of baptism
If you don’t know, there is a new sauna company opening on the Hancock side of the canal in the next week or so here. When I found out...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Oct 15, 20247 min read
Give it all up and follow me…
The passages to do with wealth are often tricky ones in scripture, but this one is downright difficult. I read a commentary on the Gospel...
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trinityepiscopal20
Oct 9, 20241 min read
St. Francis of Assisi
Find below the story of St. Francis of Assisi that we read, from Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints . St. Francis of Assisi
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Oct 1, 20246 min read
So Salty…
I am the oldest child of three, the oldest daughter. As a child, perhaps particularly between the ages of 7 and 11, I was very talented...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Sep 10, 20246 min read
The miracle of recognizing the deep, generational wounds that God can heal
A colleague of mine shared once that she did the math, and that if a preacher responded with a sermon after a school or mass shooting in...
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Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Aug 29, 20244 min read
Baptism and the armor of God
Good morning, and welcome especially to Henry, whom we will welcome fully into the family of God through baptism shortly! At first...
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